News tagged with mass murder

BBC History Cold Case team solve mystery of Norwich bodies in the well

History Cold Case is returning for a second series on BBC TWO. In the third episode of this new series on Thursday, 14th July, 2011 at 9pm, investigators reveal the extraordinary possible reason that 17 skeletons were discovered ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jul 14, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

War, genocide 'difficult knowledge' to teach younger students

Whether they're found in a museum or a textbook, historical narratives about traumatic events such as war and genocide are better left to older students, who have typically developed a more refined historical ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1




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Flying under the radar

An airplane carrying 96 passengers, including President of Poland Lech Kaczyński, the First Lady, nine top NATO generals and dozens of Polish dignitaries crashed near Smolensk, Russia, April 10, 2010, killing all aboard. ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 5

Amazon aims to wring deep discounts from publishers

The bad news came to McFarland & Co. in an email from Amazon.com Inc. The world's largest Internet retailer wanted better wholesale terms for the small publisher's books. Starting Jan. 1, 2012 - then only 19 days away - Amazon ...

Technology / Business

created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Maglev track could launch spacecraft into orbit

(PhysOrg.com) -- With the aim to make it easier to launch spacecraft into low Earth orbit (LEO), two researchers have turned to maglev technology to catapult a payload hundreds of miles above the Earth. While ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (58) | comments 37 | with audio podcast report

Viking mass grave linked to elite killers of the medieval world

A mass grave found in Dorset could belong to a crew of Viking mercenaries who terrorised Europe in the 11th century – according to a new documentary on National Geographic which pieces together the story ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (16) | comments 2

Seeking a pot of geological gold

Researchers are moving a step closer to solving one of the greatest murder mysteries of all time. It happened roughly 200 million years ago, marking the boundary between the Triassic and Jurassic periods, ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3

New WikiLeaks 'spy files' show global surveillance industry

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange launched the website's new project Thursday, the publication of files it claims shows a global industry that gives dictatorships tools to spy on their citizens.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (16) | comments 49

Bombings, beheadings? Stats show a peaceful world

It seems as if violence is everywhere, but it's really on the run.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 22, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (22) | comments 28

Body of infamous Aussie outlaw Ned Kelly found

The headless remains of the infamous Australian outlaw Ned Kelly have finally been identified, officials said Thursday, solving a mystery dating back more than 130 years.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

OMG: Tweets, Facebook welcome in Mass. courtroom

(AP) -- When the camera switches on in one of the busiest courtrooms in Massachusetts, murder arraignments, traffic and drug cases heard there will become fodder for a new experiment: how bloggers and other citizen journalists ...

Technology / Internet

created May 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers turn to museums to track down clues in mysterious amphibian declines

There's a crisis among the world's amphibians -- about 40 percent of amphibian species have dwindled in numbers in just three decades. Now, museum jars stuffed full of amphibians may help scientists decide ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 02, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast


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