From the many images sent home from foreign battlefields over the last several decades, Americans have viewed the plight of their country's combat-weary veterans as stark and often iconic scenes that seem somehow frozen in ...
Social Sciences
Aug 2, 2010
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Russian cities and regions whose Jewish populations bore the brunt of the Holocaust have seen lower economic growth and wages ever since, according to a detailed new analysis of seven decades of Soviet and Russian data. These ...
Economics & Business
Jun 17, 2010
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(AP) -- Adolf Hitler, for years a vessel of frustration in a popular Internet meme, has been quieted.
Internet
Apr 21, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- History researcher conducts ground-breaking investigation into neglected World War I battle.
Other
Mar 5, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Over the centuries Thanksgiving in America has meant many things to many people. What we consider the traditional Thanksgiving holiday today has been around only a few decades, according to Chris Lewis, ...
Other
Nov 24, 2009
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(AP) -- Qian Xuesen, a rocket scientist known as the father of China's space technology program, died Saturday in Beijing, the official Xinhua News Agency said. He was 98.
Space Exploration
Oct 31, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The current financial crisis may reduce economic freedom as governments are likely increase intervention in a bid to protect their own economies - according to a study in Pacific Focus published by Wiley-Blackwell. ...
Economics & Business
Jul 31, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- McMaster's collection of trench maps from the First World War is being put to work more than 90 years after the end of hostilities.
Other
Jul 30, 2009
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Old Asia-Pacific maps from Japanese Imperial Army archives are going online for modern use, such as studying changes in forest cover or the growth of cities, a Japanese researcher said Friday.
Internet
Jul 3, 2009
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My video-game addiction took on a new, smaller footprint after the holidays. Resigning myself to the fact that my four-year-old iPod was never going to die of its own accord, I proactively put the clunky, white model with ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 25, 2009
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