Search resumes for Nazi gold train that might not even exist
Explorers in Poland began digging Tuesday for a legendary Nazi train said to be laden with treasure and armaments.
Archaeology
Aug 16, 2016
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The hunt for war treasure in the Philippines has hidden meanings
Many believe that enormous quantities of gold lie buried somewhere in the Philippines. According to a popular account, Japanese soldiers used the Philippines as a base to hide treasures they had plundered from regions under ...
Archaeology
Aug 10, 2016
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Smuggled diplomatic diaries from dawn of Cold War to be made freely available online
An extraordinary collection of diplomatic diaries smuggled from Moscow to Paris as Communism swept across the East almost 70 years ago will be digitized and made freely available online for the first time.
Social Sciences
Jul 20, 2016
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A look at the winners and losers of E3
With some publishers splitting from the show floor and more gamers sliding on virtual reality headsets than ever before, this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo moved the video game industry in decidedly different directions ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 17, 2016
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Los Alamos app allows users to visit 1940s 'Atomic City'
Los Alamos, a once secret city where scientists participated in the nation's classified World War II nuclear development program, can now be experienced much like it was then with a new app.
Software
Jun 12, 2016
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Downed World War II aircraft missing for 72 years located in Pacific Islands
An American aircraft, a TBM-1C Avenger, missing since July 1944 was recently located in the waters surrounding the Pacific Island nation of Palau by Project RECOVER—a collaborative effort to combine the most advanced oceanographic ...
Earth Sciences
May 25, 2016
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Post-conflict reconciliation led to societal healing, but worsened psychological health
Civil wars divide nations along social, economic and political lines, often pitting neighbors against each other. In the aftermath of civil wars, many countries undertake truth and reconciliation efforts to restore social ...
Social Sciences
May 12, 2016
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On New Jersey hillside, clues to Revolutionary War mystery
On a gently sloping hillside studded with pine trees, clues to a Revolutionary War mystery are slowly being revealed, spurred by the dogged efforts of a local historian and his teenage son.
Archaeology
May 9, 2016
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Underwater archaeology looks at atomic relic of the Cold War
The April issue of Springer's Journal of Maritime Archaeology (JMA) focuses on a single shipwreck as the lens through which maritime archaeology assesses the advent of the Atomic Age and the Cold War. The wreck is the World ...
Archaeology
Apr 28, 2016
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Up close and personal—virtual reality can be an instrument for social change
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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