Should cannabis be legalized for medicinal purposes or will it remain an illegal drug? This has been discussed in many countries for years—and has been a point of contention for much longer than expected: Already in Mexico ...
Other
Jul 7, 2020
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A university laboratory began tests Friday on skeletal remains found beneath an 18th century home in the hopes of identifying the three people believed to be soldiers killed during the Revolutionary War.
Archaeology
Jan 3, 2020
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44
More than 2,500 years ago, horse riding nomads expanded their cultural realm throughout the Eurasian steppe from Southern Siberia to Eastern Europe. These tribes buried their dead in large burial mounds, often with elaborate ...
Archaeology
Dec 18, 2018
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1
The debate over the place of cars in cities may seem like a recent one, but in fact was raging well before the first automobile even saw the light of day.
Other
Nov 15, 2018
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Beach erosion from Hurricane Maria last year has led to an archeological discovery in the Caribbean island nation of Dominica.
Archaeology
Oct 25, 2018
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You know the feeling. It's impossible to resist. You just need to yawn.
Plants & Animals
Jul 6, 2018
1
22
War and Great Britain's gun industry played a more important role in driving the 18th-century Industrial Revolution than scholars have previously recognized, according to new research from a Stanford historian.
Economics & Business
May 3, 2018
1
8
Books had a social function in 18th century homes, according to new research from Oxford University.
Social Sciences
Sep 22, 2017
0
80
DNA molecules in lake sediment are few and hard bound to particles. This resulted in challenging analyses and required development of new methods, both for extracting sufficiently clean DNA and for the statistical analysis ...
Evolution
Sep 20, 2017
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5
More than 800 years ago, a teenaged soldier named Laurentius Loricatus accidentally killed a man. He spent the next three decades repenting alone in an Italian cave, self-flagellating.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 7, 2017
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