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The factual channel contains hundreds of documentaries about history, archaeology, culture, nature, crime, science and travel.
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The End Is Not Near, But If An 'Insect Apocalypse' Ever Happens, How Would We Know?
Viral defenses are encoded in their genes, but not ours
Photo of sea sponges by Steve Rupp, National Science Foundation via Wikimedia CommonsThrough the course of evolution vertebrates have apparently lost their gene-encoded…
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Lost graves identified by new archaeology methods
Flinders University archaeologists are using cutting edge subsurface imaging technology to help assist community groups map unmarked graves and manage their cultural heritage.
“This is a huge issue, particularly for rural communities,” says Dr…
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George Monbiot Q + A – How rejuvenating nature could help fight climate change
Celebrating Role Models in Science & Engineering Achievement: Sonya Kovalevsky
Sonya Kovalevsky – Russian-born Mathematician
One of the world’s best mathematicians of her era; established first major result in general theory of…
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Uncovering the secrets of ancient rock art using ‘X-ray vision’
Prehistoric rock paintings are a source of fascination across the world. Aside from their beauty, there’s deep meaning in these strokes, which depict ancient rituals and important symbols.
To learn more about these murals, researchers have…
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The sword of a Hispano-Muslim warlord is digitized in 3D
At age 90, Ali Atar, one of the main military chiefs of King Boabdil of Granada, fought to his death in the Battle of Lucena in 1483.
It was there that his magnificent Nasrid sword was taken away from him, and researchers from the Polytechnic…
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Dallas City Council Votes to Remove Massive Confederate War Memorial
In a 11-4 vote, the City Council decided to remove the 65-foot-tall monument from its location in the heart of the city
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Merging neutron stars
The option to measure the gravitational waves of two merging neutron stars has offered the chance to answer some of the fundamental questions about the structure of matter.
At the extremely high temperatures and densities in the merger scientists…
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‘X-ray gun’ helps researchers pinpoint the origins of pottery found on ancient shipwreck
About eight hundred years ago, a ship sank in the Java Sea off the coast of the islands of Java and Sumatra in Indonesia.
There are no written records saying where the ship was going or where it came from–the only clues are the…
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An expanding bubble in an extra dimension
Uppsala University researchers have devised a new model for the Universe – one that may solve the enigma of dark energy.
Their new article, published in Physical Review Letters, proposes a new structural concept, including dark energy, for a…
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