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Napoleon died of kidney illness, says new book by Danish doctor

Other Sciences / Other

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A retired Danish doctor claimed Tuesday to have uncovered the true cause of Napoleon's death, saying the French emperor died of a lengthy kidney illness instead of the being poisoned by his enemies.





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Computer scientist to 'unroll' papyrus scrolls buried by Vesuvius

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 24, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (16) | comments 1

On Aug. 24, 79 A.D., Italy's Mount Vesuvius exploded, burying the Roman towns of Herculaneum and Pompeii under tons of super-heated ash, rock and debris in one of the most famous volcanic eruptions in history.


Warriors do not always get the girl

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Aggressive, vengeful behavior of individuals in some South American groups has been considered the means for men to obtain more wives and more children, but an international team of anthropologists working in Ecuador among ...


Arsenic and Old Toenails: New research highlights environmental exposure to toxin

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from Leicester and Nottingham have devised a method for identifying levels of exposure to environmental arsenic - by testing toenail clippings.


Teaching intangibles with technology

Technology / Software

created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Teach students some facts, and they learn for one exam at a time. Teach students to think and they learn how to learn for the rest of their lives. Ambitious work from European and Israeli researchers is making it easier to ...


Famous Supernovae Still Echo Across the Milky Way

Famous Supernovae Still Echo Across the Milky Way

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 30, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (22) | comments 0

While walking home on November 11, 1572, astronomer Tycho Brahe idly glanced at the sky. He was surprised to see a bright star in the constellation Cassiopeia that hadn’t been there before. The new star, which ...


Bikini corals recover from atomic blast

Bikini corals recover from atomic blast

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 15, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 2

Half a century after the last earth-shattering atomic blast shook the Pacific atoll of Bikini, the corals are flourishing again. Some coral species, however, appear to be locally extinct.


Mummy lice found in Peru may give new clues about human migration

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 07, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Lice from 1,000-year-old mummies in Peru may unravel important clues about a different sort of passage: the migration patterns of America’s earliest humans, a new University of Florida study suggests.


Starfish strike at coral kingdom

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created Jan 16, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Outbreaks of the notorious crown of thorns starfish now threaten the “coral triangle” – the richest center of coral reef biodiversity on Earth. That’s the finding of recent scientific surveys by the ARC Centre of Excellence ...


Starfish outbreak threatens corals

Starfish outbreak threatens corals

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created Jan 14, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Outbreaks of the notorious crown of thorns starfish now threaten the “coral triangle,” the richest center of coral reef biodiversity on Earth, according to recent surveys by the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation ...


Study: Napoleon duped the British

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created Apr 16, 2007 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 0

A British academic has found evidence Napoleon duped the British by planting false intelligence concerning Copenhagen, Denmark.



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