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Tag: history
Lost and Found: Bottle Hunter Digs Extraordinary Farmland Treasures Nov 24, 2023
Tom Askjem is a time traveler. Every May to November, he disappears into the bowels of the earth, descends to depths of 13’-plus, and returns to the surface with treasure—bottles […]
World’s Largest Soil Archive Brings History to Life May 31, 2023
In 2018, a barn on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) main campus was set to be demolished. On demo day, Andrew Margenot, associate professor of soil sciences, walked into […]
