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2026-03-18 @ 17.07.25 ∈ In English

Bell-bottoms today, miniskirts tomorrow: Math reveals fashion's 20-year cycle
Over the past century, skirt lengths have repeatedly shortened and [lengthened every two decades. But starting] in the 1980s, the data show a wider range of skirt lengths appearing at the same time, suggesting that fashion trends are becoming more fragmented.
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2026-03-14 @ 20.00.44 ∈ In English

Lost Doctor Who and the Daleks episodes discovered in 'ramshackle' collection
[Professor Justin Smith] said "a debt of gratitude" was owed to the anonymous late collector, whose films - largely focused on his love of trains and canals, including hundreds of home videos - were donated to FIF after he died.
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2026-03-06 @ 9.51.02 ∈ In English

The Black Death's counterintuitive effect: As human numbers fell, so did plant diversity
[Farmlands] were typically separated by woods, rough grazing lands and uncultivated plots, often enclosed by hedgerows or trees. [This patchy landscape resulted in high biodiversity.] The Black Death disrupted this by reducing human disturbance.
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2026-02-03 @ 18.02.43 ∈ In English

Capturing Carrington
A speculative search in the right place at the right time turned up what is thought to be the only image of the eponymous solar observer.
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2025-11-05 @ 17.17.02 ∈ In English

These Historical Figures Lived Long Enough to be Painted and Photographed
This fascinating collection shows that, actually, many painters did a remarkable job of capturing accurate likeness — even when their often royal subjects had features they might not want amplifying.
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2025-10-02 @ 18.04.09 ∈ In English

Bearded Vulture nests found to have hoards of cultural artifacts—some up to 650 years old
What's unique about some larger bird [species] is that the same nest is used for centuries if it continues to be in a safe space. Generations of birds will continue to occupy and add materials to these nests for hundreds of years.
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2025-09-25 @ 10.14.50 ∈ In English

(From 1946)

George Orwell: Benefit of Clergy: Some Notes on Salvador Dali
One ought to be able to hold in one's head simultaneously the two facts that Dali is a good draughtsman and a disgusting human being.
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2025-07-03 @ 21.03.42 ∈ In English

The end of tuberculosis that wasn’t
In the 1980s, many thought tuberculosis was on the path to elimination. In reality, more were dying from the disease than ever.
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2025-06-09 @ 19.21.15 ∈ In English

Childhood leukemia: how a deadly cancer became treatable
Before the 1970s, most children affected by leukemia would quickly die from it. Now, most children in rich countries are cured.
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2025-02-27 @ 17.28.43 ∈ Suomeksi

Suomesta löytyi maailman pitkäikäisin kataja – se oli viikinkiajan alkaessa jo satoja vuosia vanha
Maailman vanhin kataja eli 1647 vuotta. Se löytyi Utsjoen Kevolta.