El Niño is back—that's good news or bad news, depending on where you live
El Niño is officially here, and while it's still weak right now, federal forecasters expect this global disrupter of worldwide weather patterns to gradually strengthen.
El Niño is officially here, and while it's still weak right now, federal forecasters expect this global disrupter of worldwide weather patterns to gradually strengthen.
Earth Sciences
Jun 12, 2023
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Until the mid-19th century in Britain, watching someone die was considered a form of entertainment. Indeed, this shared experience shaped the landscape of London and bound the city together.
Social Sciences
Feb 6, 2023
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Every year, families who celebrate Christmas decorate their tree and hang stockings in anticipation of the arrival of Santa Claus. But what does this have to do with the religious holiday itself?
Social Sciences
Dec 20, 2022
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While developing a new system for recording within cells, geneticist Jay Shendure and his team decided to give it a test run by using it to encode text. Since their invention relied on a nearly brand-new recording medium, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 11, 2022
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A new book reveals that the perception of 19th-century British working-class homes as being sparse and squalid is far from being universally true, and popular writers of the time, such as Charles Dickens, are partly to blame ...
Economics & Business
Mar 18, 2022
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New research published in the International Journal of Work Organisation and Emotion suggests that many companies, particularly so-called tech companies providing software for mobile devices, apps, have focused on helping ...
Economics & Business
Jun 28, 2021
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The only known complete handwritten manuscript of one of Elizabeth Gaskell's novels will feature in the world's largest online collection of her works which went live last night – giving the public free unlimited access ...
Other
Jul 21, 2015
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The British Christmas that Charles Dickens serves up to us is rich in food and warmth, two things that in his day were often thinly stretched throughout the year in many homes. These days, for most of the year, the thing ...
Social Sciences
Dec 23, 2014
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Research published last week in the journal Science found that subjects who read literary fiction, compared to popular fiction or nonfiction, performed better on tests measuring their ability to determine what other people ...
Social Sciences
Oct 16, 2013
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With Christmas upon us, Cambridge historian Dr Shane McCorristine and geographer and psychologist Dr Jane S.P. Mocellin take us back to the heroic age of Polar exploration, when festive celebrations served as essential emotional, ...
Other
Dec 27, 2012
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