Growing food in cities became popular in Europe and North America during and immediately after World War II. Urban farming provided citizens with food, at a time when resources were desperately scarce. In the decades that ...
Environment
Feb 14, 2018
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Will Disney's upcoming streaming services be the mouse that roared ... or squeaked?
Business
Feb 6, 2018
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New research provides the strongest evidence to date that the race of a political officeholder can have a significant effect on policy - at least historically.
Social Sciences
Feb 6, 2018
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Lebanon has displayed three stolen ancient sculptures that were returned from the United States recently.
Archaeology
Feb 2, 2018
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It is easy to confuse the current geopolitical situation with that of the 1980s. The United States and Russia each accuse the other of interfering in domestic affairs. Russia has annexed territory over U.S. objections, raising ...
Security
Jan 29, 2018
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Mounting concerns about the possibility of a nuclear war, along with US President Donald Trump's "unpredictability" have pushed the symbolic "Doomsday Clock" to two minutes before midnight, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists ...
Other
Jan 25, 2018
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Research by a historian at the University of Southampton shows the term 'prisoner of war' was first used in the 14th century, around three centuries earlier than previously thought.
Social Sciences
Jan 18, 2018
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At a public meeting in Hobart in the late 1830s, Solicitor-General Alfred Stephen, later Chief Justice of New South Wales, shared with the assembled crowd his solution for dealing with "the Aboriginal problem". If the colony ...
Archaeology
Jan 18, 2018
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A generation of Americans knew just what to do in the event of a nuclear attack—or during a major false alarm, like the one over the weekend in Hawaii. Take cover in a building bearing a yellow fallout shelter symbol.
Other
Jan 17, 2018
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Augmented reality is roaring back to prominence as one of Silicon Valley's favorite frontier technologies, nearly three years after Google's brief, unsuccessful run at the market with its infamous smart glasses.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 3, 2018
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