Lennie Gwyther Made A 600 Mile Solo Trip On Horseback At Age Nine
Today in 1932, the start of a road trip you don’t see too often: a nine year old and his horse set off through Australia by themselves for more than 600 miles.
How Google Street View Could Help Stop Invasive Weeds
A project out of the University of California - Davis uses images from a very well known navigation system to help slow the spread of invasive species.
Here’s A Tiny Particle That Spins Faster Than Anything That’s Ever Spun
Researchers at Purdue University have managed to spin a very tiny object at the ungodly rate of 300 billion revolutions per minute - and it's powered only by light.
The Mountain That’s Higher Than The Highest Mountain
This is Geography Awareness Week, and on our fascinating planet Mount Everest is the tallest mountain - but it's not actually the highest point on earth. That's actually Mount Chimborazo, in Ecuador.