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Scientists Manage to Create Light Particles That Coexist in 37 Dimensions Simultaneously
Scientists have made a surprising discovery: they have managed to manipulate light particles in such a way that they can ...
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Louis-Sébastien Lenormand, the Man Who Made the First Documented Parachute Jump in 1783—Which He Himself Invented
Marconi and the radio, Bell and the telephone, Edison and the light bulb, Benz and the automobile… All are debatable and ...
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Oldest evidence of lead contamination found in the Aegean region, which increased with the Roman conquest of Greece
Sampling sediment cores off the Peloponnese in the Aegean Sea. Credit: Andreas Koutsodendris A recent study conducted by geoscientists from Heidelberg University has uncovered the earliest known ...
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Did Herodes Atticus Murder His Wife Appia Annia Regilla? A Strange Case in Which No One Was Convicted Thanks to the Protection of Marcus Aurelius
It was the year 160 AD when Appius Annius Atilius Bradua filed a complaint before the Roman Senate regarding the murder of his sister. The direct perpetrator of the crime was a freedman named ...
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The Fascinating History of a Decorated Mesolithic Antler Fragment: It Was an Axe, Then a Harpoon, and Finally an Offering Deposited in a River
Mesolithic decorated antler fragment found in Sweden. Credit: Peter Zetterlund / National Historical Museums A recent archaeological study in Sweden has revealed a fascinating discovery that ...
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Jacques Coeur, the Legendary Merchant of Fortune Who Laid the Foundations of France’s Wealth
To relieve my poverty, / my heart sometimes tells me: / “Man, do not worry so much / and do not endure such pain; / if you do not have as much as Jacques Coeur, / it is better to live under a great ...
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The Remains of a Copper Age Warrior Found in Germany Still Wear a Wrist Guard for the Bowstring
Detail of a burial of the Bell Beaker Culture. A wrist guard of red stone lies at the forearm of the individual. Credit: Sarah Krohn / State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology ...
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Roman Sanctuary with Inscriptions Discovered in a Deep Chamber of the Prehistoric Cova de les Dones in Spain
Researcher Xabier Garín Artázcoz points out the exact location of the cavity where the Roman coin from the time of Emperor Claudius was found. Credit: A. Ruiz-Redondo, V. Barciela & X. Martorell This ...
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The Eruption of Mount Tambora That Caused the Year Without a Summer in 1816 Is the Largest Documented to Date
The huge caldera—6 kilometers in diameter and 1,100 meters deep—formed when Tambora’s estimated 4,000-meter-high peak was removed, and the magma chamber below emptied during the 1815 eruption. Today ...
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The Mystery of the Women Buried Simultaneously with More Than 270,000 Beads Made from Seashells, Stone, and Bone 4,900 Years Ago
Detail of the threaded beads on attire UE 344 next to the bones of Individual 343 Credit: David W. Wheatley In the southwest of Spain, at the Montelirio tholos burial site (built between 2900 and 2800 ...
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Discovery of a Medieval Latrine Confirms the Location of the Last Anglo-Saxon King’s Residence depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry
Garden ruin, Bosham Manor House, lancet window to northern half of west wall. External view looking east. Credit: D. Gould et al. Recent archaeological findings have shed new light on a long-standing ...
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Chrocus, the Alemannic Chieftain Who Destroyed All the Temples of Gaul in the 3rd Century
We have previously discussed the Crisis of the 3rd Century, that period of antiquity also known as the Anarchy of the 3rd Century because, for fifty years—from the assassination of Alexander Severus ...