Scientists have found bones that they believe with "99% certainty" are those of lost pilot Amelia Earhart. Richard Jantz, an emeritus anthropology professor at the University of Tennessee, argues that bones discovered on the Pacific island of Nikumaroro in 1940 were likely Earhart’s remains.  Earhart, who was attempting to fly around the world, disappeared with navigator Fred Noonan on July 2, 1937, during a flight from Papua New Guinea to Howland Island in the Pacific. Jantz looked at the pelvis bones and claims he recognizes them as Amelia's.  Whatever. Amelia Earhart is held up as a celebrity.  But she disappeared because either she didn't fly where she planned to or because she crashed.  Either way, that is not the mark of someone who should be idolized for her piloting skills. And yet every child is taught in school about how brilliant Amelia Earhart was. Earhart is so embedded in the popular culture that she even...(Read Full Post)