Researchers from HSE University have shown that the 2010 happiness level of citizens from Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, and other Arab countries could provide a much more accurate forecast of the Arab Spring events than purely economic ...
Social Sciences
Dec 30, 2019
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Skywatchers from Saudi Arabia and Oman to India and Singapore were treated to a rare "ring of fire" solar eclipse Thursday.
Space Exploration
Dec 26, 2019
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Assyriologists in Leiden have been conducting research into ancient clay tablets from the Middle East for 100 years already. What exactly do these clay tablets tell us? And why is Leiden such a good place to study them?
Archaeology
Dec 6, 2019
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Last year, scientists announced that a human jawbone and prehistoric tools found in 2002 in Misliya Cave, on the western edge of Israel, were between 177,000 and 194,000 years old.
Archaeology
Nov 26, 2019
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Scientists say they were unable to confirm a highly publicized 2014 study that suggested banking culture can promote dishonesty.
Social Sciences
Nov 13, 2019
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Scientists have uncovered the origins of the world's deadliest strain of cereal rust disease which threatens global food security.
Biotechnology
Nov 7, 2019
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An international team of scientists has for the first time performed an analysis of the complete genome of the population of North Africa. They have identified a small genetic imprint of the inhabitants of the region in Palaeolithic ...
Archaeology
Nov 6, 2019
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Greece's Culture Ministry says three shipwrecks from ancient and mediaeval times and large sections of their cargoes have been discovered off the small Aegean island of Kasos.
Archaeology
Nov 4, 2019
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Why the Roman Empire fell is often discussed in history classes and textbooks. But new research by Stanford historian Walter Scheidel considers an angle that has received little scholarly attention: Why did it—or something ...
Archaeology
Oct 23, 2019
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A research team led by the University of Tsukuba combined observations from ancient cuneiform tablets that mention unusual red skies with radioisotope data to identify solar storms that likely occurred around 679 to 655 BCE, ...
Space Exploration
Oct 16, 2019
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