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Feared by the bad, loved by the good? Scientists discover previously unknown document on Robin Hood

(PhysOrg.com) -- A freshly-discovered document highlighting negative attitudes towards Robin Hood has been deciphered by an academic at the University of St Andrews.

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 9




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Venus, a planetary portrait of inner beauty

(Phys.org) -- A Venus transit across the face of the sun is a relatively rare event -- occurring in pairs with more than a century separating each pair. There have been all of 53 transits of Venus across the ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created 12 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ancient tree-ring records from southwest U.S. suggest today's megafires are truly unusual

Today’s mega forest fires of the southwestern U.S. are truly unusual and exceptional in the long-term record, suggests a new study that examined hundreds of years of ancient tree ring and fire data from ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 2

Vatican and Oxford libraries announce joint digital conversion of some manuscripts, books

More world literature just got its door kicked open digitally. For the first time scholars will be able to compare material kept in the separate collections for centuries.

Technology / Other

created Apr 14, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Conservatism saved Iceland from catastrophe

The people of medieval Iceland survived disaster by sticking with traditional practices, an innovative new study suggests.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 16 | with audio podcast

Ancient Arabic writings help scientists piece together past climate

Ancient manuscripts written by Arabic scholars can provide valuable meteorological information to help modern scientists reconstruct the climate of the past, a new study has revealed. The research, published in Weather, analys ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 26, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

A look back suggests a sobering future of wildfire dangers in US west

The American West has seen a recent increase in large wildfires due to droughts, the build-up of combustible fuel, or biomass, in forests, a spread of fire-prone species and increased tree mortality from insects and heat.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Is third party funding effectively regulated in the UK?

A study shows that the market for litigation funding, otherwise known as third party funding, is firmly established for commercial disputes in the UK and is extending into cases involving ordinary citizens, ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Waiting for Death Valley's Big Bang: A volcanic explosion crater may have future potential

In California's Death Valley, death is looking just a bit closer. Geologists have determined that the half-mile-wide Ubehebe Crater, formed by a prehistoric volcanic explosion, was created far more recently ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Scientists solve mystery of colorful armchair nanotubes

(PhysOrg.com) -- Rice University researchers have figured out what gives armchair nanotubes their unique bright colors: hydrogen-like objects called excitons.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Heritage site under attack by flowers

The results of a study conducted by Serbian researchers, in collaboration with the Laboratoire de Dynamique, Interactions et Réactivité, are unequivocal: the Belgrade fortress is not only threatened ...

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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