Tree rings provide a window into Quebec’s 19th century climate for researchers
Quebec tree rings dating back nearly 200 years indicate snowpack in the Gaspésie mountains has declined considerably in ...
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The American cultural boom a century on: Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Dos Passos and Louis Armstrong
American novel as great titles renewed the art of storytelling and had the power to influence upcoming writers for decades to ...
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Study Reveals Mercury-Poisoned Industrial Age Child
According to a Phys.org report, new analysis of the remains of a child who mysteriously died in mid-nineteenth century France ...
19th-century toddler may have died from doctor’s mercury treatment, bones reveal
Rickets is a disease seen in children caused by severe vitamin D deficiencies, according to the study. Archaeologists can ...
Do vowels have colors? According to some with synesthesia, yes.
It's hard to pinpoint when synesthesia, the rare neurological condition where a stimulus that affects one sense prompts a ...
Study uncovers mercury treatment in 19th-century French child suffering from rickets and scurvy
A recent study, published in the International Journal of Paleopathology, examined the skeletal remains of a child who lived ...
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How an 18th-Century Female Physicist Broke Boundaries and Inspired the Generations Who Followed
Cristina Roccati graduated from the University of Bologna when few other Italian women earned degrees, and she taught physics ...
A Fungi Pioneer’s Lifelong Work on Exhibit
Murals made by museum artists illustrate the biology of fungi, the role they play in the ecosystem and their evolutionary ...
The Advocate13d
Louisiana bridges need assessment after Baltimore collapse, federal study finds
The National Transportation Safety Board is urging Louisiana's transportation department to assess the safety of eight of its ...
100 Indian stories in English translation: From Odia literature's Bamacharan Mitra to Rajasthan's Vijaydan Detha, the making of an anthology
From Bengal to Maharashtra and from the Hindi heartland to the four southern states, editor AJ Thomas has curated a sampling menu of short stories from different regions, languages, time periods and ...