The British government's initial efforts to pay for World War One through loans from the public was a spectacular failure, according to a new study using restricted Bank of England ledgers. The research reveals that the War ...
Economics & Business
Aug 8, 2017
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A new Stanford study suggests that American public opinion on nuclear weapons usage has not fundamentally changed since 1945, and many people would support the use of such weapons to kill millions of civilians if the U.S. ...
Security
Aug 8, 2017
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Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 drew the United States into World War II and spawned a massive wave of shock and fear across the country. It also prompted the U.S. government to round up and send more than 100,000 ...
Social Sciences
Aug 7, 2017
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Descending beneath the waves, the cloudy first few meters quickly give way to clear waters and an astonishing sight—dozens, perhaps hundreds, of tightly packed ancient vases lie on the seabed, testament to some long-forgotten ...
Archaeology
Aug 2, 2017
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The last time a total solar eclipse blacked out the sun in Oregon nearly 40 years ago, Gene Brick was working in a timber mill that refused to shut down for the spectacle.
Space Exploration
Aug 1, 2017
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"The soldier is no longer a noble figure," observed the war poet Siegfried Sassoon while serving on the Western Front. "He is merely a writhing insect among this ghastly folly of destruction."
Plants & Animals
Jul 27, 2017
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Technology developed by a team of University of Utah electrical and computer engineers could make the holographic chess game R2-D2 and Chewbacca played in "Star Wars" a reality.
Optics & Photonics
Jul 19, 2017
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Scientists and students led by the University of Colorado Boulder and Rutgers University are calculating the environmental and human impacts of a potential nuclear war using the most sophisticated scientific tools available.
Environment
Jul 19, 2017
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"I'm addicted to cutting trees," says Taban Ceasor.
Environment
Jul 18, 2017
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As the notion of nuclear hostilities leaps from its old, Cold War perch into modern debate, new calculations by University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers show that even a limited nuclear strike could have disastrous global ...
Environment
Jul 13, 2017
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