News tagged with roman letters

Computer scientist cracks mysterious 'Copiale Cipher'

The manuscript seems straight out of fiction: a strange handwritten message in abstract symbols and Roman letters meticulously covering 105 yellowing pages, hidden in the depths of an academic archive.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (26) | comments 21 | with audio podcast

Underground cave dating from the year 1 A.D. exposed in Jordan Valley

An artificial underground cave, the largest in Israel, has been exposed in the Jordan Valley in the course of a survey carried out by the University of Haifa's Department of Archaeology.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0




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New insights: How soil production processes respond to erosion

In many ways, soil is fundamental to life. Flora and fauna depend on its presence for their survival as much as they depend on water and air. In order to sustain its soil content, an ecosystem needs to maintain ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Over 100 Beluga whales 'trapped in Bering Sea'

Over 100 Beluga whales are trapped in water between ice floes in the Chukotka region of Russia's Far East, the authorities said, calling on the government to send an ice-breaker to free them.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Language test as a smartphone app

Dok or dog – which of these is a real word, and which is not? Researchers use lexical decision tasks like this to find out what happens in the brain when people read words. Up to now, such experiments were carried out ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists find evidence of Roman period megadrought

A new study at the UA's Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research has revealed a previously unknown multi-decade drought period in the second century A.D. The findings give evidence that extended periods of aridity ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (11) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Barnard professor explores the rich, sweet history of milk

Throughout history, milk has been a symbol of motherhood and fertility, but also prosperity, health and strength. In Hindu mythology a churning ocean of milk releases the nectar of immortality. Statues of the Egyptian ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 23, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cats versus dogs in the 'drinking' category (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- The competition between cat and dog owners has one or the other always looking for an advantage and cat owners thought they had one last year when Pedro Reis and Roman Stocker from MIT discovered ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 7 | with audio podcast report

Probing Question: Is Latin valuable for today's students?

Yale University's famous motto is Lux et Veritas, Latin for "light and truth" while Princeton's crest reads Dei Sub Numine Viget ("Under God's power she flourishes"). The University of Pennsylvania based its cautionary ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 29, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 6

In 'God's almost chosen peoples,' UA historian explores religion in Civil War

(PhysOrg.com) -- Amid the horrendous slaughter of the Civil War, people from all denominations turned to their faith to explain and justify the causes for which they fought – and to find reasons for pressing on. A new ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 05, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 5

When the playroom is the computer

For all the work that's gone into developing educational media, even the most stimulating TV shows and video games leave kids stationary. Researchers at the MIT Media Laboratory are hoping to change that with ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Google to bring Dead Sea Scrolls online

The Dead Sea Scrolls, among the world's most important, mysterious and tightly restricted archaeological treasures, are about to get Googled.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 19, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (21) | comments 2


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