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To be or not to be
Mar 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A scholar from Oxford's English Faculty has discovered that a painting lauded as the only known portrait of William Shakespeare painted from life is almost certainly of somebody else.
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Shakespeare's 'man of the sonnets' revealed
Apr 29, 2008 |
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Bristol University students researching for a new display of Tudor portraits in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery have uncovered a ghost figure which may be Shakespeare’s only known patron Henry ...
Study: Mona Lisa neither man nor da Vinci
Mar 07, 2006 |
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A University of Illinois scientist says Mona Lisa probably wasn't a man, and it's even more unlikely it was a self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci.
Milky Way's infrared portrait gives new view of galaxy
Jun 03, 2008 |
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Humans have always had a ringside seat for viewing the Milky Way. Now, however, thanks to NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have obtained an entirely new perspective of our home galaxy: a complete ...
Need New Look? Online Makeover is fan-taaz-tic
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 18, 2008 |
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Thanks to a Jacobs School startup company whose site, Taaz.com went live today, the cosmetics counter isn't the only place to try out the latest makeup trends. The new way is easier, faster, and much more ...
Rare early Mayan portrait is found
Dec 05, 2005 |
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University of Calgary archaeologist Kathryn Reese-Taylor and an international team of researchers have discovered an early Mayan portrait of a woman.
Smooth: Nokia's sensuous new 3G device
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 21, 2007 |
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Nokia today announced a new 3G mobile phone that pairs original design and quality workmanship with outstanding features.
'Hidden' Van Gogh painting revealed
Jul 30, 2008 |
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A new technique allows pictures which were later painted over to be revealed once more. An international research team, including members from Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands) and the University ...
Born from the wind -- unique multi-wavelength portrait of star birth
Oct 08, 2008 |
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Telescopes on the ground and in space have teamed up to compose a colourful image that offers a fresh look at the history of the star-studded region NGC 346. This new, ethereal portrait, in which different ...
N.C. Wyeth's coloring technique revealed by Cornell's synchrotron as it uncovers eight decades of paint
Jul 20, 2007 |
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The pentimento of a flying fist, just visible beneath layers of paint, triggered an investigation of N.C. Wyeth's "Family Portrait" at the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, Pa. A simple X-ray revealed ...
New portrait of Earth shows land cover as never before
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 17, 2008 |
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A new global portrait taken from space details Earth’s land cover with a resolution never before obtained. ESA, in partnership with the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, presented the preliminary version of the map to ...
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