Decades after suffering bombing and earthquake damage, Pompeii's museum has been reborn, showing off exquisite finds from excavations of the ancient Roman city.
Archaeology
Jan 25, 2021
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ISIS, Al Qaeda, and the Taliban use their English-language magazines to encourage women to support jihad in different ways, according to new research.
Social Sciences
Jan 25, 2021
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5
Researchers perform experiments that can add or subtract a single quantum of sound—with surprising results when applied to noisy sound fields.
Quantum Physics
Jan 25, 2021
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405
The absence of monsoon rains at the source of the Nile was the cause of migrations and the demise of entire settlements in the late Roman province of Egypt. This demographic development has been compared with environmental ...
Archaeology
Jan 25, 2021
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Scientists have shown where bird species would exist in the absence of human activity under research that could provide a new approach to setting conservation priorities.
Plants & Animals
Jan 25, 2021
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427
Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) light in microscopy offers the advantage of obtaining a high-resolution image combined with spectral information about the object under study. However, because EUV microscopy uses diffraction instead ...
Optics & Photonics
Jan 25, 2021
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11
Olive trees are some of the most important woody crops in the world, and Verticillium wilt, caused by the Verticillium dahliae fungus, is the most concerning disease for farmers in the olive sector.
Plants & Animals
Jan 25, 2021
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3
Four storeys high and made almost entirely of wood, the ZEB Lab building in Trondheim, Norway, had, even before it existed, sucked as much carbon from the atmosphere as it would probably produce in construction. Now, thanks ...
Environment
Jan 25, 2021
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14
A lot is known about galaxies. We know, for instance, that the stars within them are shaped from a blend of old star dust and molecules suspended in gas. What remains a mystery, however, is the process that leads to these ...
Astronomy
Jan 25, 2021
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Increasing political polarization is often attributed to the internet and the dramatic increase in access to sources of information—also known as the new media landscape.
Social Sciences
Jan 25, 2021
0
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