The current debate over the right to be forgotten, spurred by a European Union ruling that allows people to stop certain web pages from appearing in search results, is proof – if further proof was required – of the distinct ...
Internet
Jul 14, 2014
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Allowing farmland that's been reclaimed from the sea to flood and turn back into salt marsh could make it absorb lots of carbon from the atmosphere, a new study suggests, though the transformation will take many years to ...
Environment
Mar 18, 2013
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Scientists in Poland have created a computer portrait of 18th century physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit using images of his relatives.
Other
Nov 27, 2012
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In the 18th century, the philosopher David Hume observed that induction—inferring the future based on what's happened in the past—can never be reliable. In 1997, SFI Professor David Wolpert with his colleague Bill Macready ...
Mathematics
Jun 5, 2023
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Humans have a long history of venerating ancient trees. That reverence and care taking took a modern turn in the 18th century, when naturalists embarked on a quest to locate and date the oldest living things on Earth, as ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 20, 2022
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Books had a social function in 18th century homes, according to new research from Oxford University.
Social Sciences
Sep 22, 2017
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The fountains standing next to the Museo del Prado are built using a sedimentary rock full of gastropod shells from the time of the dinosaurs. These fossils have revealed the origin of the stone: forgotten quarries in Redueña, ...
Archaeology
Aug 3, 2017
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What can "Sinful Sally" teach us about moral attitudes in the 18th century? That's what Jessica Steinberg has come to the McMaster archives to find out.
Social Sciences
Jun 23, 2015
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We've been burning things for hundreds of thousands of years.
Earth Sciences
Dec 5, 2014
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The lives of 18th century naval pensioners in the Greenwich Hospital hold several surprises, according to new research carried out at the university.
Other
Nov 13, 2013
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