Navajo code talker shares his story

[Yuma Sun]  A surviving Navajo code talker who served in the Pacific theater of World War II was in Yuma Saturday to share his story during the Spirit of Yuma Military Festival....During the early months of the war, Japanese intelligence had broken every code the U.S. had devised, giving them a great advantage in military strategy.“We were in bad shape, so the Marines decided to look for another code,” Toledo said.That is when civilian Philip Johnston realized the Navajo language could be turned into an unbreakable code.  More...

Massive ice age graveyard discovered in Colorado Rockies

[Carrantals  UK]  The remains of dozens of huge ice age animals have been discovered near a popular ski resort in the Colorado Rockies.  More...

Oldest Living Medal Of Honor Recipient Dies

[KITV] Pvt. Barney Hajiro embodied the motto of the fabled 442nd battalion "Go For Broke," the military unit he served under during his service in World War II.  More...

DNA detectives Find Vikings

[Past Horizons]  The Norse are alive and well and living in the North West of England!  That’s the revelation in a new book on an epic research project into the genetic footprint of the Scandinavian invaders.  More...

Yellowstone Has Bulged as Magma Pocket Swells

[National Geographic]  Yellowstone National Park's supervolcano just took a deep "breath," causing miles of ground to rise dramatically, scientists report. The simmering volcano has produced major eruptions—each a thousand times more powerful than Mount St. Helens's 1980 eruption—three times in the past 2.1 million years. Yellowstone's caldera, which covers a 25- by 37-mile (40- by 60-kilometer) swath of Wyoming, is an ancient crater formed after the last big blast, some 640,000 years ago.  More...

Churchill’s Secret Armys HQ Excavated

[Arch News]  Archaeologists from Coleshill Auxiliary Research Team are surveying the remains of Winston Churchill's secret headquarters in the hope of uncovering a new underground operations base. More...

World's Biggest Extinction Event

[ScienceDaily] — About 250 million years ago about 95 per cent of life was wiped out in the sea and 70 per cent on land. Researchers at the University of Calgary believe they have discovered evidence to support massive volcanic eruptions burnt significant volumes of coal, producing ash clouds that had broad impact on global oceans.  More...