Where did the missing oil go? New study says some is...
Some 6 million to 10 million gallons of oil from the BP oil spill are buried in the sediment on the Gulf floor, about...
Virtual Studio takes the next Level
Autodesk as ever has taken the opportunity of SIGGRAPH to highlight the next generation of its storytelling and collaboration tools. “The continued growth of AR...
Victoria’s Secret Reveals the 2016 What is Sexy List
Style, attitude and confidence describe the women who grace Victoria’s Secret’s 2016 What Is Sexy ? List.
As the authority on what is sexy now,...
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Boeing said in talks with China’s ICBC for 747-8 jumbo order
Boeing Co. (BA) is in talks to sell 747-8 jumbo jets, the four-engine model that has struggled to attract buyers, to the commercial finance...
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Swiss university to offer zero-gravity flights
The University of Zurich will become the second place in Europe to carry out zero-gravity flights in order to study the effects of a...
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Fingerprints change over time, but not enough to foil forensics
In both TV crime dramas and real-life courtrooms, fingerprints are often the lynchpin connecting a criminal to a crime. Many studies have demonstrated that...
Boccaccio, Decameron, solved the enigma of the last tale: Patrizia de Santis reveals how...
The culturally subversive content of Boccaccio’s Decameron continues to unnerve and divide scholars. What would inspire, in the middle of the 13th century, a...
LEGO bricks turned into scientific tool to study plant growth
LEGO bricks turned into scientific tool to study plant growth. Engineers are using LEGO bricks to build controlled environments to study how variations in...
Australia’s pollution U-turn threatening UN climate talks
Australia’s program to rein in pollution is losing momentum, the latest in a series of setbacks for the international effort to tackle global warming.
With...
How Netflix is changing our brains, and why that may not be all good
With season two of Netflix’s breakout hit Orange is the New Black now airing, I’m struck by a profound change in the psychological calculus...
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Understanding Culture
Culture can be viewed as the customs, arts and social interactions of a particular nation, people, or other social group. It can also be...
