Images of an Australasian cockatoo have been discovered in a manuscript dating from 13th century Sicily, now held in the Vatican library.
Archaeology
Jun 25, 2018
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Aviation's frontier is supersonic. The military is seeking ever-faster aircraft, planes that can fly five times the speed of sound. Fifteen years after the Concorde's last transatlantic flight, Japan Airlines and the Virgin ...
Engineering
Jun 25, 2018
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Covering roofs and walls of buildings with vegetation is a good way of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. And these green roofs and walls make cities look nicer. Toronto's central business district adopted a policy of establishing ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 25, 2018
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Many free speech warriors today base their position on a proclamation articulated by Oliver Wendell Holmes, the early 20th century United States Supreme Court justice.
Social Sciences
Jun 25, 2018
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A recent survey found that Australia's power companies are less trusted than media companies, banks and telcos. Customers hate electricity bills – not least because they are so complicated. But we can learn much by analysing ...
Economics & Business
Jun 25, 2018
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Since the 1990s, astrophysicists have known that for the past few billion years, the Universe has been experiencing an accelerated rate of expansion. This gave rise to the theory that the Universe is permeated by a mysterious ...
Space Exploration
Jun 25, 2018
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The internet has made many things easier.
Security
Jun 25, 2018
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A researcher from the University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography and five other scientists have discovered an active volcanic heat source beneath the Pine Island Glacier in Antarctica.
Earth Sciences
Jun 25, 2018
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Almost half of young people in the UK now go to university. Who gets in – and what and where they study – affects a person's place in society and their future earnings, as well as the skills available to the job market. ...
Social Sciences
Jun 25, 2018
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This image captures swirling cloud belts and tumultuous vortices within Jupiter's northern hemisphere.
Space Exploration
Jun 25, 2018
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