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Everest mountaineer's letters digitized for the first time
Letters written by the famous mountaineer George Mallory have been made available to a global audience for the first time,... Read more
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Saturday Citations: Irrationality modeled; genetic basis for PTSD; Tasmanian devils still endangered
Hello, stakeholders. (This is the nongendered term of address I've been workshopping because I see "folks" in too many social... Read more
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Bike Bus gains supporters as a way to promote sustainable and safe mobility
The Bike Bus movement has emerged as a powerful tool to promote road safety, sustainability and community. According to a... Read more
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Researcher reveals the hidden story behind St. Augustine's 11-foot statue of Francisco López de Mendoza Grajales
New details have emerged about the history of one of St. Augustine's most popular tourist attractions. University of South Florida... Read more
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Researcher finds first arrival of Shakespeare's plays in Portugal
John Stone, a professor at the University of Barcelona, has found the request for two copies of Shakespeare's Othello to... Read more
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Study sheds light on 11th-century Arab-Muslim optical scientist whose work laid foundation for modern-day physics
Scientists from the University of Sharjah and the Warburg Institute are poring over the writings of an 11th-century Arab-Muslim polymath... Read more
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A young Black scientist discovered a pivotal leprosy treatment in the 1920s—but an older colleague took the credit
Hansen's disease, also called leprosy, is treatable today—and that's partly thanks to a curious tree and the work of a... Read more
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Saturday Citations: Listening to bird dreams, securing qubits, imagining impossible billiards
It's Saturday, which means that in a universe where the arrow of time moves backward, people have to go to... Read more
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Saturday Citations: AI and the prisoner's dilemma; stellar cannibalism; evidence that EVs reduce atmospheric CO₂
While I was assembling and formatting all these links, we had a 4.8-magnitude earthquake here on the East Coast, so... Read more
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Radio made the famous Finnish composer Jean Sibelius an international media figure, researchers say
New research highlights how in the 1930s, the relationship between radio and Finland's most famous composer Jean Sibelius had an... Read more
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Britain began industrializing in the 17th century—more than 100 years earlier than history books claim
Britain was already well on its way to an industrialized economy under the reign of the Stuarts in the 17th... Read more
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Upcoming solar eclipse prompts NY State Corrections to cancel prison visits
The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision is canceling visits to nearly two dozen facilities expected to... Read more
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Q&A: Can genetic genealogy restore family narratives disrupted by the transatlantic slave trade?
Some political figures seek to remove references to slavery from the study of American history, adding to the vast knowledge... Read more
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Saturday Citations: 100-year-old milk, hot qubits and another banger from the Event Horizon Telescope project
Is the milk sold today similar to the milk available 100 years ago? Here, drink this and give me your... Read more
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Israel's war budget leaves top scientists in limbo
Israeli scientist Ellen Graber has spent years researching ways to save chocolate crops from climate change. But with the government... Read more