Scientists from the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB), together with partners from the University of Cologne, have discovered a new group of defense substances in barley that are effective against a broad spectrum ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 5, 2024
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The health effects of heat waves hit some communities harder than others. People with preexisting health conditions, as well as those who have low income or are physically or socially isolated, very old or very young, from ...
Environment
Nov 5, 2024
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Stuart monarchs were repeatedly challenged by dangerous threats—a gunpowder plot, a civil war and political revolution. As a result, by the restoration of Charles II in 1660, the English government had come to rely on a ...
Political science
Nov 5, 2024
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The Ariane 6 project, Europe's new space launcher, is in the headlines as the European Space Agency (ESA) and ArianeGroup push for its first launch in 2024. This high-profile initiative has faced delays, but it remains a ...
Economics & Business
Nov 5, 2024
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Although I have a good gig as a full professor at Iowa State University, I've daydreamed about learning a trade—something that required both my mind and my hands.
Social Sciences
Nov 5, 2024
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Johanna Neumann was 8 when she witnessed a mob of local citizens and Nazis vandalizing the Bornplatz Synagogue in Hamburg. They were "shouting and throwing stones at the marvelous glass windows," as she later said in an oral ...
Social Sciences
Nov 5, 2024
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In the 1960s, Japanese books became immensely popular in South Korea. Interestingly, Korean newspapers often wrote about this trend as if mainly women were interested in learning Japanese.
Social Sciences
Nov 5, 2024
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Language has always been used as a political football in South Africa. This can be traced back to the competing English and Dutch colonizers, from the 17th to the early 20th centuries, each group trying to assert linguistic ...
Education
Nov 5, 2024
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A new generation of space materials left Earth on November 5 as they head to the International Space Station (ISS) to undergo testing in the brutal conditions of low Earth orbit.
Space Exploration
Nov 5, 2024
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This summer, Leonardo DiCaprio made celebrity news when his current girlfriend, an Italian model, turned 26 years old—marking the first time the 49-year-old actor, who is known for dating younger women, has been in a relationship ...
Social Sciences
Nov 5, 2024
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