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How can statistics bring dead languages back to life?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can statistics bring dead languages back to life?

...German audio archive. Their work has applications in automatic translation and film dubbing, as well as medical imaging (see panel), but the principal aim is for the technology to be used alongside traditional methods used by historical linguists to understand the process of language change over thousands of years. “From my point of view, it’s amazing that we can turn...
Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Netherlands
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Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Netherlands

...paste or marzipan and covered with icing sugar. It is similar to the German stollen baked at Christmas. Image: Roel under Creative Commons license Het meergranenbrood Meergranenbrood is bread made from more than one type of wheat flour. Image: © Dave J. van der Waa Het melkbrood Melkbrood is baked from dough made with milk instead of water. Image: © Dave J. van der Waa...
The selective breeding of dogs
Science, Maths & Technology

The selective breeding of dogs

...German Shepherds different? What about designer dogs? This science article explores...Find out more about The Open University's Biology qualification. [Small puppy laying in the grass in a park] When an interesting or useful trait is identified in a dog, owners would breed from that dog in the hope of the trait being passed on. Over many rounds of such breeding attempts,...
What do volcanoes tell us about the possibility of life on Mars?
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What do volcanoes tell us about the possibility of life on Mars?

...German-American team led by Petr Brož presents convincing new evidence convincing new evidence that at least some of these are genuine volcanoes. Brož and his team studied cones in Coprates Chasma, the deepest part of Mars’s Valles Marineris canyon system. This is far removed from any of Mars’s main volcanic provinces, and suggest magma has erupted from the interior...
D-Day, the Battle of Normandy, and the British Military Nursing Services
Health, Sports & Psychology

D-Day, the Battle of Normandy, and the British Military Nursing Services

...German snipers were actively firing on personnel landing on the beaches and field hospitals were subjected to constant shelling. The nurses swapped their dresses for combat dress, boots and tin hats and their living quarters were under canvas. There was little privacy and nurses often found themselves sitting next to each other in the latrines and whilst washing...
Irish Women’s Poetry: Sinéad Morrissey
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Irish Women’s Poetry: Sinéad Morrissey

...German at Trinity College, where she attended a creative writing group with Michael Longley. She has, to date, published six collections of poetry: There Was Fire in Vancouver (1996); Between Here and There (2002); The State of the Prisons (2005); Through the Square Window (2009); Parallax (2013) and On Balance (2017). Found Architecture, Selected Poems, was published by...
The UK votes out; the EU shrinks; the world reacts
Society, Politics & Law

The UK votes out; the EU shrinks; the world reacts

...German counterpart Angela Merket, said the decision was “severely testing the European Union”. The secretary of state for reform Thierry Mandon said: “The referendum [in France] is scheduled, it’s the presidential elections.” The European project will be at the heart of the 2017 race. Questions dominate the coverage in the regional press – with papers...
How can scientists fight the tide of "fake news"?
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How can scientists fight the tide of "fake news"?

...Singapore law and home affairs Minister Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam. Shanmugam says he was inspired by German Chancellor Angela Merkel to introduce legislation to “force social media companies to withdraw fake news stories from the Internet in as fast as 24 hours or else face penalties.” That is the writing on the wall. This article was originally published by SciDevNet...