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Researchers mine millions of metaphors through computer-based techniques
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 03, 2009 |
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Metaphors cannot be taught, asserted the great philosopher Aristotle. "It is the one thing that cannot be learnt from others." But a computer scientist and literary historian say he's wrong.
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Archaeologists unearth Nero's revolving banquet hall
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Archaeologists have unveiled the remains of a revolving banquet room built by the Roman emperor Nero, who ruled between 54 and 68 BC and was famed for his depraved and extravagant lifestyle, a statement said ...
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," ...
Study: Oil painting predated European art
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Apr 28, 2008 |
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Oil-based paint likely was used in Afghanistan up to 800 years before it first appeared in European art, a study of cave paintings has found.
In Memoriam: Martin J. Klein, Historian of Modern Physics, Edited Einstein Papers
Apr 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Martin Jesse Klein, a historian of modern physics and former senior editor of "The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein," passed away on March 28. He was 84 years old.
Brown professor continues debate over recovered memory
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 07, 2009 |
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Fueling the debate over the controversial psychiatric disorder known as dissociative amnesia, or repressed memory, Brown University political scientist Ross Cheit is challenging claims by two Harvard University psychiatrists. ...
'Oldest' papyrus is finally decoded
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Jun 01, 2006 |
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Greek scientists using modern technology say they have decoded the text of the world's oldest literary papyrus.
Buried Coins Key to Roman Population Mystery?
Oct 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The first century BC in Italy was culturally a brilliant age, unequaled by any other period in Roman history. It was a time of Cicero, Caesar, Vergil, Horace and many other major literary ...
Telling a story in 140 characters or less
Jun 19, 2009 |
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Arjun Basu writes short stories. Very short stories.
High-tech imaging reveals hidden past in ancient texts
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Jul 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It might simply look like a smudge, but even the slightest stain on the ancient writing surface of papyrus could obscure a revelation of a past civilization. Now, with the advent of high-tech imaging, some ...
What is unique in the brain of an Arabic speaker?
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Literary Arabic is expressed in the brain of an Arabic speaker as a second language and not as a native language. This has been shown in a new study by Dr. Raphiq Ibrahim of the Edmond J. Safra Brain Research Center for the ...
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