Baby-naming trends reveal ongoing quest for individuality
Choosing a baby's name that is distinctive is becoming harder, research reveals.
Social Sciences
Oct 31, 2018
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News tagged with war
Study suggests over $1 billion needed annually to save Africa's lion parks
A team of researchers with members from several African countries, the U.S., Indonesia, the U.K and Australia has found that many areas in Africa meant to protect lions are failing due to lack of funds. In their paper published ...
Method predicts reliable patterns in violent events occurring within wars and terrorism
A new paper written by academics at Royal Holloway and George Washington University, predicts reliable patterns in violent events occurring within wars and terrorism, regardless of geography, ethnicity and religion.
Social Sciences
Oct 18, 2018
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Impact of WWII bombing raids felt at edge of space
Bombing raids by Allied forces during the Second World War not only caused devastation on the ground but also sent shockwaves through Earth's atmosphere which were detected at the edge of space, according to new research. ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 25, 2018
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Why war is a man's game
No sex differences in attitudes or abilities are needed to explain the near absence of women from the battlefield in ancient societies and throughout history, it could ultimately all be down to chance, say researchers at ...
Social Sciences
Aug 15, 2018
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Holes in the head
Even with a highly skilled neurosurgeon, the most effective anesthesia, and all the other advances of modern medicine, most of us would cringe at the thought of undergoing cranial surgery today.
Archaeology
Jun 8, 2018
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Unprecedented study of Picasso's bronzes uncovers new details
Musee national Picasso-Paris and the Northwestern University/Art Institute of Chicago Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts (NU-ACCESS) have completed the first major material survey and study of the Musee national Picasso-Paris' ...
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Feb 17, 2018
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Mystery solved as Australian sub found after 103 years
One of Australia's oldest naval mysteries has been solved after the discovery of the wreck of the country's first submarine more than 103 years after its disappearance in World War I.
Earth Sciences
Dec 21, 2017
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Violence a matter of scale, not quantity, researchers show
Anthropologists have debated for decades whether humans living in tribal communities thousands of years ago were more or less violent than societies today. Researchers at the University of Notre Dame wonder if the question ...
Social Sciences
Dec 11, 2017
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Molecular map shows how to disable dangerous bioweapon
During World War II, the Soviet Red Army was forced to move their biological warfare operations out of the path of advancing Nazi troops. Among the dangerous cargo were vials of Francisella tularensis, the organism that causes ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 6, 2017
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