Linguists have identified a new English dialect that's emerging in South Florida
"We got down from the car and went inside."
Social Sciences
Jun 12, 2023
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News tagged with spanish
RNA recovered from extinct animal in world first
Scientists have for the first time recovered RNA from an extinct species, the Tasmanian tiger, raising hope for the resurrection of animals once thought lost forever, Stockholm University researchers told AFP.
Paleontology & Fossils
Sep 26, 2023
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Unusual climate conditions influenced WWI mortality and subsequent Spanish flu pandemic
Scientists have spotted a once-in-a-century climate anomaly during World War I that likely increased mortality during the war and the influenza pandemic in the years that followed.
Environment
Sep 24, 2020
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Archaeologists verify Florida's Mound Key as location of elusive Spanish fort
Florida and Georgia archaeologists have discovered the location of Fort San Antón de Carlos, home of one of the first Jesuit missions in North America. The Spanish fort was built in 1566 in the capital of the Calusa, the ...
Archaeology
Apr 23, 2020
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Police break up WhatsApp child porn image sharing network
Police have arrested 39 suspects in over a dozen countries across Europe and Latin America after busting an online paedophile ring that used the WhatsApp chat service to share images of child sex abuse, officials said Tuesday.
Internet
Apr 18, 2017
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Economic relationships in Pre-Columbian Mexico show that Aztec rulers were ruthless exploiters
Spanish conquerors did not themselves bring inequality to the Aztec lands they invaded, they merely built on the socio-economic structure that was already in place, adapting it as it suited their plans. This is the subject ...
Archaeology
Sep 13, 2023
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Language induces an identity crisis for the children and grandchildren of Latino immigrants
A young Latina mother I was interviewing once laughed uncomfortably as she described her sons' embarrassment when put on the spot by older Latinos.
Social Sciences
Nov 1, 2023
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Scientists investigate the uncontrolled expansion of invasive blue crabs in the Mediterranean
The American blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) is an invasive voracious alien species, with no known predators and with high reproductive and survival rates, which has now spread throughout the Mediterranean. Since it appeared ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 28, 2019
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How people speak Spanish drives judgment, new study finds
In Miami—the most Latin and most Spanish-speaking metropolitan region in the United States—people likely judge others on how they speak Spanish, according to a new study.
Social Sciences
Mar 7, 2018
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Manufacturing genes to attack flu virus
An international research team has manufactured a new protein that can combat deadly flu epidemics.
Biotechnology
May 27, 2012
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