Social networks, such as Twitter, thrive on key influencers spreading news. Like information, epidemics also spread from key individuals. To identify the most influential actors in such networks, many studies have, until ...
General Physics
Jan 29, 2018
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Societies ranging from ancient Rome and the Inca empire to modern Britain and China have evolved along similar paths, a huge new study shows.
Social Sciences
Dec 18, 2017
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The Catalan crisis has made headlines numerous times around the world over the past few months. It has sparked heated arguments between pro-independance and anti-independence supporters. And in many of the reports, the Catalan ...
Social Sciences
Nov 24, 2017
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Not only are immediate friendships an important aspect of our life, but so are our extended acquaintances and friends' of friends connections, according to new Oxford University research. The findings shed light on how social ...
Social Sciences
Nov 14, 2017
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A-tisket, A-tasket. You can tell a lot from a basket. Especially if it comes from the ruins of an ancient civilization inhabited by humans nearly 15,000 years ago during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene ages.
Archaeology
May 24, 2017
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Our cities are increasingly beset by a lack of affordable housing, inequality, lagging infrastructure – the list goes on.
Environment
Apr 17, 2017
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Researchers at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) and the University of Barcelona (UB) published a paper in Nature Communications presenting a scientific method for identifying, comparing and precisely determining ...
Computer Sciences
Feb 22, 2017
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"Siri, will it rain today?", "Facebook, tag my friend in this photo." These are just two examples of the incredible things that we ask computers to do for us. But, have you ever asked yourself how computers know how to do ...
Computer Sciences
Jan 20, 2017
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Virtual reality (VR) has arrived. It has already been described as "revolutionary" and the "next big thing" in technology.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 27, 2016
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Humanity's closest living relative, the bonobo ape, can remember the voices of old friends for several years, just as people can, researchers have shown.
Plants & Animals
Mar 30, 2016
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