News tagged with comparative literature
Researchers mine millions of metaphors through computer-based techniques
Metaphors cannot be taught, asserted the great philosopher Aristotle. "It is the one thing that cannot be learnt from others." But a computer scientist and literary historian say he's wrong.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 03, 2009 |
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16th-century Korean mummy provides clue to hepatitis B virus genetic code
The discovery of a mummified Korean child with relatively preserved organs enabled an Israeli-South Korean scientific team to conduct a genetic analysis on a liver biopsy which revealed a unique hepatitis ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
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Is a classical electrodynamics law incompatible with special relativity?
(Phys.org) -- The laws of classical electromagnetism that were developed in the 19th century are the same laws that scientists use today. They include Maxwell’s four equations along with the Lorentz la ...
May 24, 2012 |
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Digital media brings erotic books out of the closet
It seems like yesterday that women's erotica was something to be read in private under the sheets. But no more.
May 21, 2012 |
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Education plays mitigating role in escaping roots of adversity: study
Decades of research show people born into poverty are likely to continue to live that way as adults. But one University of Georgia researcher has found a way out—education.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 18, 2012 |
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Foul-mouthed characters in teen books have it all, study finds
Bestselling authors of teen literature portray their more foul-mouthed characters as rich, attractive and popular, a new study finds. Brigham Young University professor Sarah Coyne analyzed the use of profanity in 40 books ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 18, 2012 |
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Inside a mathematical proof lies literature, says Stanford's Reviel Netz
Like novelists, mathematicians are creative authors. With diagrams, symbolism, metaphor, double entendre and elements of surprise, a good proof reads like a good story.
May 08, 2012 |
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The how and where of Roman age glassmaking
(Phys.org) -- An EU-funded interdisciplinary study has contributed a deeper understanding of glass production in Italy in the Roman age.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 03, 2012 |
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New study shows early North Americans lived with extinct giant beasts
(Phys.org) -- A new University of Florida study that determined the age of skeletal remains provides evidence humans reached the Western Hemisphere during the last ice age and lived alongside giant extinct mammals.
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May 03, 2012 |
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Neutrons used to study a key protein in milk
Martha, a cow placidly grazing in a field in The Netherlands, became an important collaborator with researchers who successfully analyzed and characterized the internal protein structure and the composite ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Apr 24, 2012 |
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Doubts linger about space station's science potential
After more than 12 years and at least $100 billion in construction costs, NASA leaders say the International Space Station finally is ready to bloom into the robust orbiting laboratory that agency leaders envisioned more ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 20, 2012 |
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