Image: Central/southern Italy from Sentinel-1A
Part of Italy's Molise, Apulia and Campania regions are pictured in this radar composite image from Sentinel-1A.
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Viruses associated with coral epidemic of 'white plague'
They call it the "white plague," and like its black counterpart from the Middle Ages, it conjures up visions of catastrophic death, with a cause that was at first uncertain even as it led to widespread destruction – on ...
Environment
Sep 12, 2013
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Getting married later can have economic costs, benefits
Americans are getting married at ever-older ages, and a new report says this trend may be partly responsible for the shrinking of the middle class.
Social Sciences
Mar 15, 2013
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Changes in US population coming sooner than expected
(Phys.org) —A major cultural and geographic divide is emerging between Americans under age 35 and over 50, according to University of Michigan demographer William Frey.
Social Sciences
Mar 14, 2013
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Developers of gadget interfaces must consider interactive skills, reactions of older users
Queensland University of Technology researchers have found the reasons why parents and grandparents often complain their children can pick up a gadget and use it straight away or that they need them to set up the new TV or ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 8, 2012
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Presidential candidates could get medieval with 'indirect aggression' debate tactics
(Phys.org)—As Barack Obama and Mitt Romney prepare to square off in a series of presidential debates, the candidates and their running mates could go medieval on their opponents by using a rhetorical technique that dates ...
Social Sciences
Sep 26, 2012
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Ancient records shed light on Italian earthquakes (Aquila area)
When a damaging earthquake struck the area of L'Aquila in central Italy in 2009, it was the latest in the region's long history of strong and persistent quakes. The rich recorded history of settlement in the area, along with ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 3, 2012
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Accepting the end: Bucket lists, cemeteries show changing attitudes toward death
(Phys.org) -- Bucket lists are more than goals or accomplishments a person wants to achieve before dying. They are also a way for people to discuss death -- even though most of us probably would rather avoid doing so, according ...
Social Sciences
Jul 19, 2012
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New iPhone app keeps eyesight from deteriorating
Deteriorating eyesight, which leads to the use of reading glasses, is a natural part of the aging process. But a new iPhone application developed by researchers at Tel Aviv University could keep your vision sharp for years ...
Software
Nov 1, 2011
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Seaside fortress was a final stronghold of early Islamic power
Archaeologists have long known that Yavneh-Yam, an archaeological site between the Israeli cities of Tel Aviv and Ashdod on the Mediterranean coast, was a functioning harbor from the second millennium B.C. until the Middle ...
Archaeology
Sep 15, 2011
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