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Neurotic Ulsterman gives rich slice of eighteenth century life
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An investigation into the life of an obscure but energetic eighteenth century Ulsterman has provided a vivid insight into early Hanoverian Britain.
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Private papers reveal ‘Who’s Who of British Science’
Jun 11, 2009 |
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One of the most important archives of nineteenth-century science - stored in obscurity for over 100 years - has been reunited and acquired by the John Rylands University Library at The University of Manchester.
Cartographic treasures show little change in city life
Jun 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A unique collection of rare Manchester maps reveals how worries about congestion and binge drinking were just as prevalent 100-years-ago as they are today.
Forgotten treasures shed new light on Little Grey Rabbit author
Oct 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A suffragette poem, penned by a world-famous children’s author and kept privately at a University of Manchester Hall of Residence for over a century, has been made available online.
Web site recreates Apollo 11 mission in real time
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 13, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Families crowded around black-and-white television sets in 1969 to watch Neil Armstrong take man's first steps on the moon.
Libraries eye stimulus money for their Web access
May 05, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The libraries in Delaware County, Pa., are trying to shift into warp speed. The county is hooking eight branches to a fiber-optic network to help meet library patrons' ever-rising demand for high-bandwidth tasks like ...
New ink sampling technique taking a bite of out time
Jul 17, 2007 |
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Researchers at the Midwest Forensics Resource Center at Iowa State University are building a library of ink profiles to help forensic scientists identify inks on fraudulent documents and other evidence. MFRC scientists will ...
New Shakespeare Archive launched
Nov 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Shakespeare Quartos Archive has been officially launched today with a complete digital collection of rare early editions of Hamlet.
UCLA team creates virtual library of medieval manuscripts
Technology / Computer Sciences
Feb 10, 2009 |
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Google "Edward the Confessor" and you'll get page after page of links to biographies of this 11th-century English king, to Westminster Abbey, which he founded and where he is buried, and to the Magna Carta, which was partly ...
Research shows reading classic literature can improve personal ethics
Feb 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers, including John Johnson, professor of psychology at Penn State DuBois, have discovered that literature may inspire readers to be ethical members of society. "As an evolutionary psychologist," ...
Scientists report new take on sexual signaling
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May 09, 2007 |
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In dangerous environments, females looking for a mate run great risks. Scientists from Seoul National University, in Korea, and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama present a new take on sexual ...
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