News tagged with 100 years
A step towards solving a maritime mystery
Students from Flinders University believe they have discovered the exact location of a Scottish sailing ship which sank in waters off Kangaroo Island more than 100 years ago.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 23, 2012 |
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The carriers of memory
Almost 100 years after the outbreak of World War I, public opinion about war in many of the countries that fought appears to have shifted completely. Historian Jay Winter explains how poetry, art and film ...
Mar 07, 2012 |
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The iceberg’s accomplice: Did the moon sink the Titanic?
(PhysOrg.com) -- The sinking of the ocean liner Titanic 100 years ago is perhaps the most famous--and most studied--disaster of the 20th century. Countless books and movies have examined in great detail the ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 06, 2012 |
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Countries consider time out on the 'leap second'
It's high noon for the humble leap second. After ten years of talks, governments are headed for a showdown vote this week on an issue that pits technological precision against nature's whims.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 17, 2012 |
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Flipped from head to toe: 100 years of continental drift theory
Exactly 100 years ago, on 6 January 1912, Alfred Wegener presented his theory of continental drift to the public for the first time. At a meeting of the Geological Association in Frankfurt's Senckenberg Museum, he revealed ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 04, 2012 |
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Was St. Edmund killed by the Vikings in Essex?
Keith Briggs, a visiting research fellow in linguistics at the University of the West of England, has proposed a new site for the battle in which King Edmund of East Anglia was killed in 869. If confirmed, the new proposal ...
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Dec 19, 2011 |
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A list of the planthoppers of Iran
A list of 235 planthoppers from Iran is recorded along with distribution data. This list is based on previous studies on Iranian Auchenorrhyncha during last 100 years. In addition to the latest species names for any record, ...
Nov 08, 2011 |
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Scientists find evidence of Roman period megadrought
A new study at the UA's Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research has revealed a previously unknown multi-decade drought period in the second century A.D. The findings give evidence that extended periods of aridity ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 04, 2011 |
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Sea level rise of 1 meter within 100 years
New research indicates that the ocean could rise in the next 100 years to a meter higher than the current sea level - which is three times higher than predictions from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 08, 2009 |
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