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Fonts surround us every day, on street signs and buildings, on movie posters and books, and on just about every product that we buy. But where do fonts come from and why do we need so many? Who is behind the businesslike subtlety of Times New Roman, the cool detachment of Ariel, or ... |
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A new reality on nuclear weapons
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6. The memory of totalitarianisms - Tzvetan Todorov (Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Paris)
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The Vocoder
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The First Transistor
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China to develop a greener nuclear reactor
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Volume of a sphere derivation
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We made gunpowder at our sixth form using the standard recipe with potassium , charcoal and sulphur. We wanted to try and change the colour of the flame by using different metal salts, strontium, copper and magnesium nitrates, but these didn't burn. I was w... |
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Tuesday New Jersey Governor Chris Christie vetoed legislation which would have raised the state’s minimum wage to $15/hour over 5 years. The current rate is $8.38, and he felt it was too big an increase, too fast.
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Structural geology and tectonics on the northern Chihuahua trough
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I present results from a study of the structural geology of the northern part of the Chihuahua trough where the Laramide orogeny and the Rio Grande rift affected the region. Laramide style of defo... |
The Ego Tunnel and Evolutionary Psychology.
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How genetic and cultural evolution might work together to predispose central human traits, moral inclinations and even our uniqueness.
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An International Space Station Expedition 18 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at Scuola Elementare Faleriense "Gianni Rodari", Porto Sant'Elpidio, Italy on 18 December. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 1210 UTC, which is 13.10 CEWT.
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social-activismThe first towards being an activist is to know it what it actually means. An activist can be defined in the simplest terms as a person who campaigns to bring about social change. The most wonderful part of being a human being is the ability to change things around us that we find disagreeable to our heal... |
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Historical Account: Villers-Bocage
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Sugar Substitutes and The Potential Danger Of Splenda
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Charles Darwin first visited Malvern in 1849, at the age of 39, to undergo hydrotherapy at Dr James Gully's "hydopathy clinic". This was in an attempt to improve his ill health that was probably brought on by stress and overworking. Although it was ten years before he published his famous book 'On the Origin of Specie... |
The FOLK ARCHITECTURE MUSEUM AND ETHNOGRAPHIC PARK in Olsztynek is one of Poland's oldest open-air museums. Its beginnings date back to 1909, when the authorities of Königsberg (the present-day Kaliningrad) decided to establish a museum of rural architecture in the territory of the Königsberg Zoological Garden. At that... |
A Qualitative Analysis of the Efficacious Benefits of Affordable Housing on Individuals and Society
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Rio Olympics 2016: 5 major concerns for the authorities during the Games
With only one month left for the Rio Olympic Games, we take a look at the factors which can harm the Games
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Naval Air: Japan's Secret Aircraft Carriers
p> August 25, 2007: Japan launched the first of its new helicopter-carrying destroyers, the Hyuga, amid great fanfare. This vessel, officially 13,500 tons, will be able to carry helicopters. Plans are for them to mostly carry SH-60 helicopters, but the Hyuga will give Japan... |
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The temple was originally built in 1164 AD at the request of the emperor. This is the outside of the hall which holds the treasures of Sanjusangendo. Enormously long, it has stood for over 700 years. The courtyard outside the ha... |
Neural Networks And MarI/O
Minecraft wizard, and record holder for the Super Mario World speedrun [SethBling] is experimenting with machine learning. He built a program that will get Mario through an entire level of Super Mario World – Donut Plains 1 – using neural networks and genetic algorithms.
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Hackaday Prize Entry: The Strength Of 3D Printed Parts
[Sam Barrett] is doing something that is sorely needed. He’s doing real materials research on FDM parts.
There’s nothing wrong with the rough experiments like hanging a 1 L bottle of water from the end of a rectangular test print to compare strengths. We also hav... |
Sunday, January 4, 2009
The country in the mountainous parts of the South Caucasus, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, known to its people as Hayq (later Hayastan), is a land at a strategic location between two continents, the juncture of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. As is the way with such situations, the... |
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