Traces of long-forgotten human settlements claimed by the sea thousands of years ago are being uncovered by researchers along the coastlines of Europe.
Earth Sciences
Jul 17, 2018
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Agricultural activity by humans more than 2,000 years ago had a more significant and lasting impact on the environment than previously thought. The finding— discovered by a team of international researchers led by the University ...
Environment
Jun 13, 2018
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Experts from the Economics and Business Institute at the University of Seville have just published a study of the use of online banking by the over-60s, which shows that the digital divide of these users, far from being linked ...
Social Sciences
May 11, 2018
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University of Wyoming researchers led a climate study that determined recent temperatures across Europe and North America appear to have few, if any, precedent in the past 11,000 years.
Earth Sciences
Jan 31, 2018
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Shrinking glacier cover could lead to increased volcanic activity in Iceland, warn scientists.
Earth Sciences
Nov 23, 2017
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With the fall semester under way, parents and students are choosing extracurricular activities. Hockey? Chess club? Band? Recent research shows that another option —adolescent work experience —can pay big dividends ...
Social Sciences
Oct 27, 2017
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The potato is not only a basic food item and one of the main food crops worldwide, it contains a huge variety of minerals and phytochemicals with potentially health-promoting effects. Greater awareness about the importance ...
Biotechnology
May 25, 2017
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Britain may lose the magic of the Northern Lights by the middle of the century due to major shifts in solar activity, scientists have discovered.
Space Exploration
Feb 1, 2017
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The timing of the first entry of humans into North America across the Bering Strait has now been set back 10,000 years.
Archaeology
Jan 16, 2017
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For hundreds of millions of years, Earth's climate has remained on a fairly even keel, with some dramatic exceptions: Around 80 million years ago, the planet's temperature plummeted, along with carbon dioxide levels in the ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 19, 2016
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