Chicago broker's Genghis Khan grave search draws skepticism
A Chicago commodities broker Maury Kravitz received Mongolian government approval to hunt for Genghis Khan's burial site, drawing global media interest and many signups. academics and Mongol specialists remain skeptical noting that primary sources offer little reliable guidance.
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Internet advertising sees growth and tensions in early web era
A Phoenix immigration firm drew ire for online ads. Ogilvy & Mather executive Martin Nisenholtz proposed six advertising guidelines. The Internet shifts from academic link to a commercial global network with about 25 million users, making advertising a key funding and marketing tool as it evolves after 1991.
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Phoenix
Martin Nisenholtz
Ogilvy & Mather
Nisenholtz
Nizenholtz
Chris Locke
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Westport
Conn
Michael Godwin
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Washington
World population tops Earth's carrying capacity says study
A study led by Paul Ehrlich and Gretchen Daily warns the current world population of about 5.5 billion surpasses long term limits. It calls for reducing inequities between rich and poor and promoting equitable land use to raise carrying capacity while cutting consumption and pollution.
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Earth
Knoxville
Tenn
Paul Ehrlich
Stanford University
Gretchen Daily
University of California, Berkeley
Ehrlich Sai
Ehrlich
Daily
America
Grave secret of Genghis burial site teased by researcher
A researcher Kravitz claims to possess unique information about Genghis Khan s burial and asserts a treasure hunt parallel to Atlantis. Historians note Secret History of the Mongols and History of the World Conqueror as key sources. the burial spot remains undiscovered and legends persist.
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Genghis
Iran
Morris Rossabi
City University of New York
Columbia University
China
Rosgabi
Kublai
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Baseball outfielders and the math of catching fly balls
A scholarly look at how elite outfielders track and catch rising fly balls. Research led by Dr. Michael K. McBeath at Kent State argues top players subconsciously solve linear optical trajectories using rapid, complex calculations. The study questions traditional speed and agility explanations and notes wind and ball spin affect decisions.
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Los Angeles
Otis Nixon
Boston Red Sox
American Psychological Association
Michael K. McBeath
Kent State University
Dennis M. Shaffer
Shaffer
McBeath
Stormfront to Simulate Strike-Shortened Baseball Season
San Rafael based Stormfront Studios teams with Strat-O-Matic Pur sue The Pennant and Stats Inc to simulate MLB games missed during the players strike. The software will model past player performance and park conditions with online services and a fax option for public access.
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San Rafael
Calif
Stormfront Studios
Stormfront
Strat-O-Matic
Stats Inc
Ants Outpace Humans In Diversity And Range
Ants outlive and outnumber humans in variety and adaptability, occupying climates from tundra to rainforest. The guide by Barry Bolton from the Natural History Museum in London provides a graphical key to ant subfamilies and genera, highlighting that every feature serves an evolutionary purpose, even if its function remains unknown.
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Barry Bolton
Natural History Museum
London
Bolton
Epsilon Lyrae and the Harp Brightens Night Sky
Astronomical notes describe epsilon Lyrae as a faint star in a famous double star system with components AB and CD separated by 208 arc seconds. The four main sequence dwarfs form a quadruple system about 125 light years away, with AB completing an orbit in 1,200 years and CD in 600 years.
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U S Scientists Form Plan to Track Threatening Space Objects
NASA announced an eight member team led by Dr. Eugene Shoemaker of the Lowell Observatory to devise a decade long program. The goal is to identify and catalog comets and asteroids over one kilometer wide that cross Earth's orbit and record their orbital characteristics.
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U.S
Earth
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Eugene Shoemaker
Lowell Observatory
Tinier
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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