Equations take a bit of working out
The myth that mathematical theorems suddenly come together in the most elegant and smooth proofs will be busted at an upcoming lecture.
Mathematics
Aug 28, 2012
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News tagged with history of science
A case of mistaken dino-identity
The official State Dinosaur of Texas is up for a new name, based on Southern Methodist University research that proved the titleholder has been misidentified.
Archaeology
Jan 13, 2009
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Study: Oil companies discourage climate action
The U.S. House of Representatives' Oversight Committee earlier this month widened its inquiry into the oil industry's role in fostering doubt about the role of fossil fuels in causing climate change. A letter from the panel ...
Economics & Business
Sep 29, 2021
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Is technology really too fast for society?
We often hear that technology is advancing so fast that society cannot keep up. But in reality, social change is intimately linked to technology changes, and that expectations of what technology can bring changes in intensity.
Other
Mar 15, 2013
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Global natural history initiative builds database to address 21st century challenges
A group of natural history museums, organized by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C., the American Museum of Natural History Museum in New York City, and the Natural History Museum in London, ...
Biotechnology
Mar 23, 2023
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First modern dog discovered
(Phys.org) —University of Manchester historians have identified the first modern dog: a Pointer called 'Major'. A description of the animal, found by the team in a now obscure 1865 edition of a Victorian journal called ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 5, 2013
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Controlling forest fires
Simon Fraser University statistician Rick Routledge will share his knowledge of what layers of charcoal in lake-bottom sediment can tell us about an area's forest fire history, at the world's largest science fair in Vancouver.
Environment
Feb 17, 2012
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The world inside a Spanish globe (w/ video)
(Phys.org)—Study of a mysterious 100-year-old interactive toy – perhaps the Wikipedia of its day – is painting a vivid picture of Spain's path into the modern world.
Archaeology
Jan 2, 2013
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Mummy unwrapping brought Egyptology to the public
Mummies have been objects of horror in popular culture since the early 1800s—more than a century before Boris Karloff portrayed an ancient Egyptian searching for his lost love in the 1932 film "The Mummy." Public "unwrappings" ...
Archaeology
Oct 30, 2012
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Next scientific fashion could be designer nanocrystals
(Phys.org)—Three University of Chicago chemistry professors hope that their separate research trajectories will converge to create a new way of assembling what they call "designer atoms" into materials with a broad array ...
Nanomaterials
Dec 5, 2012
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