Deep Time and the Civil War Dead
Caroline Winterer, Princeton Press
A dozen or so soldiers, their limbs swollen in death, lie on the Gettysburg battlefield. Timothy O'Sullivan's photograph cemented the grisly scene in...
Caroline Winterer, Princeton Press
A dozen or so soldiers, their limbs swollen in death, lie on the Gettysburg battlefield. Timothy O'Sullivan's photograph cemented the grisly scene in...
James Purtill, ABC Science
When I learnt this week the company 23andMe was facing bankruptcy and may sell its customers' genetic data to the highest bidder, I had three...
Geoffrey Kabat, Reason
In 2003, UCLA epidemiologist James Enstrom and I published a study of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)—also...
T. Koumoundouros, Science Alert
For 170 years, most of what we've known of the largest bug to ever live on Earth came from discarded headless casings with far too many...
Diana Kwon, Nature
Scientists have designed a new form of insulin that can automatically switch itself on and off depending on glucose levels in the blood. In animals, this 'smart'...
Lakshmi Chandrasekaran, Quanta
It's not easy to study quantum systems — collections of particles that follow the counterintuitive rules of quantum mechanics.
Elizabeth Hlavinka, Salon
When you arrive at a doctor's appointment, you likely get your height and weight measured — two numbers used to calculate your
Nic Fleming, Nature
Reboot your immune system with intermittent fasting. Help your 'good' bacteria to thrive with a plant-based diet. Move over morning coffee: mushroom tea could bolster...
Matt Williams, UToday
China's space program has advanced considerably since the turn of the century. In addition to developing heavy-launch vehicles like the
Georgia Republicans lashed out after a judge smacked down seven election rule changes as "illegal, unconstitutional and void."
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Hannah Ritchie, Sustainability by Numbers
Navigating debates on heat and cold deaths is a bit of a minefield. Some headlines report there will be an unprecedented wave of heat deaths as the...
Dave Levitan, Splinter
Last month, we got news that Microsoft was contracting with Constellation Energy to try and bring
John Timmer, Ars Technica
On Tuesday, Google announced that it had made a...
Johns Hopkins University
With heart attacks, every second counts. A new blood test diagnoses them in minutes rather than hours and could be adapted as a tool for...
EurekAlert!
Neutrons are among the basic building blocks of matter. As long as they are part of a stable atomic nucleus, they can stay there for arbitrary periods of time. However, the...
CNRS
An international team led by three researchers from the CNRS1 , the European Southern Observatory (ESO, Europe), and Charles University (Czech Republic) has successfully demonstrated...
North Korea has revised its constitution to define South Korea as “a hostile state” for the first time
Re-sellers undercutting on price is a large problem for luxury retailers, but there are ways to fight back.
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The loss brings the Cavaliers’ preseason record to 0-3.
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'He is hugely talented' - Tisdale joins Celtic BBC
Japan's exports fell in September for the first time in 10 months. This is concerning for policymakers as prolonged weak global demand could complicate the central bank's efforts to exit years of ultra-easy monetary policy. Soft demand in China and slowing U.S. growth impacted exports. Japan ran a trade deficit of 294.3 billion yen for September.
Japan rejects China's claims to the islands, which Tokyo calls the Senkaku and Beijing, calls the Diaoyu. Over the past few months the two countries have had a number of confrontations in the waters around it.