Archeologists are having a field day in Poland's longest river, the Vistula, which because of a drought has hit a record low water level allowing them to uncover a treasure trove of ancient artifacts.
Archaeology
Sep 4, 2015
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As the World War I military draft brought to the forefront the high rate of venereal disease among the civilian population, states began to enact measures to quarantine people and begin forms of treatment to try to control ...
Social Sciences
Aug 24, 2015
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16
A hugely destructive plant virus so flexible that it has resisted efforts to describe its form since before World War II has finally surrendered its secrets. The discovery of what makes the bendy bug so malleable will revolutionize ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 20, 2015
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18
Officials investigating a huge explosion at a warehouse in Tianjin in China have discovered a store of 700 tonnes of sodium cyanide – more than 70 times the legal limit allowed. Cyanide has a particularly unpleasant reputation ...
Materials Science
Aug 18, 2015
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7
No historical record may capture the nation's changing political consciousness better than the president's State of the Union address, delivered each year except one since 1790.
Social Sciences
Aug 10, 2015
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"The most interesting man in the world." "Reach out and touch someone." "Finger-lickin' good." Such advertising slogans have become fixtures of American culture, and each year millions now tune into the Super Bowl as much ...
Social Sciences
Jul 9, 2015
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74
Several times this spring, coyotes made national headlines when spotted roaming the streets of New York, from Manhattan to Queens.
Ecology
Jul 2, 2015
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44
With memories of World War I still very much on his mind, in 1935 HG Wells wrote The Open Conspiracy, which advanced a new approach to the perennial problems of human aggression, national conflict and political inertia.
Other
Jun 24, 2015
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96
It is, perhaps, the most iconic kiss in American history—a U.S. sailor and a woman in white impulsively locking lips in New York City's Times Square to celebrate Japan's surrender and the end of World War II Aug. 14, 1945.
Space Exploration
Jun 23, 2015
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17
Scientists are not always as scientific as many suppose. Recent well-publicized cases of scientific fraud prove that scientists can be as susceptible to the allures of wealth, power and fame as politicians, the group that ...
General Physics
Jun 17, 2015
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