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Social Sciences Jul 13, 2023

Graphic novels can help construct the discourse of historical memory

In Spain, 68.4% of the population over the age of 14 reads books. Most of these people read for pleasure in their spare time, choosing the genres that interest them most according to their personal tastes and preferences.

Social Sciences Dec 1, 2022

Sci-fi books for young readers often omit children of color from the future

While visiting an elementary school library in 2016 to count the fantasy books for a graduate class on fantasy literature, I noticed there were hardly any science fiction books for readers under 12. This discovery prompted ...

Social Sciences Sep 23, 2022

Why do we laugh? New study considers possible evolutionary reasons behind this very human behavior

A woman in labor is having a terrible time and suddenly shouts out: "Shouldn't! Wouldn't! Couldn't! Didn't! Can't!"

Nanomaterials Mar 7, 2022

Researchers design charged 'power suits' for electric vehicles and spacecraft

Like the charged power suit worn by Black Panther of Marvel Comics, UCF researchers have advanced NASA technologies to develop a power suit for an electric car that is as strong as steel, lighter than aluminum and helps boosts ...

Earth Sciences Jan 11, 2022

Permafrost researchers analyze the drivers of rapidly changing Arctic coasts

Arctic coasts are characterized by sea ice, permafrost and ground ice. This makes them particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, which is already accelerating rapid coastal erosion. The increasing warming ...

Space Exploration Nov 12, 2021

The cosmos beckons for Snoopy onscreen and in real life

A new rocket designed to launch humans to the moon, Mars and beyond will launch next year from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. On board, will be a familiar fuzzy figure—Snoopy.

Archaeology Mar 12, 2021

Glamorous and worldly: Five things to know about Vikings

In popular culture they're depicted as ruthless warriors who pillaged and plundered. That reputation is not totally undeserved, but is only part of the picture.

General Physics Feb 8, 2021

Researchers control a magnet's state by optically shaking its atomic lattice

An international team led by researchers of Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) has managed to manipulate the magnetic state of a magnetic material by optically shaking it. The whole process happens within an extremely ...

Astronomy Jan 13, 2021

Mistaken identity: A presumed supernova is actually something much rarer

In a case of comic mistaken identity, an international team of astronomers revealed that what they once thought was a supernova is actually periodic flaring from a galaxy where a supermassive black hole gives off bursts of ...

Archaeology Nov 13, 2020

Painstaking race against time to uncover Viking ship's secrets

Inch by inch, they gently pick through the soil in search of thousand-year-old relics. Racing against onsetting mould yet painstakingly meticulous, archaeologists in Norway are exhuming a rare Viking ship grave in hopes of ...

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