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Nazi conscript salutes Dublin youth for sparing him horrors of Russian front
THE only Dubliner known to have served in the Nazi army has revealed how his Irish background saved his life.
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Drinking, Smoking Often Intertwine for Students
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Harley-Davidson's Helmet Project
In addition to the main gallery and a restaurant/retail wing, the 130,000 square-foot Harley-Davidson Museum complex in downtown Milwaukee also includes a third structure dubbed "The Garage." This is where Harley-Davidson houses the majority of its archival collection, consisting of hundreds of bikes and associated materials not currently on ...
Scientists try to measure love
Leave it to science to take all the fun out of something as cosmically pure as love.
New Books Depict Car Culture at a Turning Point
Automobiles dominate our economies, our cities and our popular culture. As these new titles make abundantly apparent, they also tend to imbue their makers and owners with either delusions or arrogance that can lead to dangerously misguided decision-making, both behind the wheel and in corporate boardrooms.
Geoffrey Clarfield: 2,500 years of Egyptomania
In 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the most magnificent intact tomb of any Egyptian Pharaoh ever found in the royal burial grounds of the Valley of the Kings in the Egyptian desert.
Anthropology Researcher Explains Why Humans Have No Fur
Humans are the only primates whose bodies are covered by mostly naked skin, not by fur.
What Can You Do with a Degree in Social Anthropology?
Choosing the right color major is very important. With so many different options out there to choose from, you will want to make sure that the college major you decide on is one that you are really interested in.
Constructions banned around Agra monuments
Agra, Feb 5 : With small monuments in the city of the Taj almost dwarfed by encroachments, all new constructions have been banned around them within a radius of 300 metres.
Dreams turn sour for automakers, drivers
Paul Ingrassia's book is by far the more entertaining of the two. Occasionally folksy but consistently gripping, Crash Course reads like a thriller as it tracks the machinations and in-fighting in the boardrooms of the Big Three auto companies.
Wall with Maya Seignior Glyphs Discovered at Archaeological Zone
The discovery adds up to the sarcophagus recently uncovered by specialists. EFE/Hector Montano/INAH. CHIAPAS, MEXICO.- A wall with a rich glyphic text that includes the complete name of the ruler that founded one of the most important Maya military seigniories was discovered in Tonina Archaeological Zone, in Chiapas.
Hand of murdered victim never found
Hussein El-Hajj Hassan's hand was cut off from his body - likely with an axe - at or around the time he was killed, a forensic anthropologist testified at Fadi Saleh's is first-degree murder trial Friday.
Hill EHAF joint venture selected as project manager for the Grand Egyptian museum
Egypt: 1 hour, 21 minutes ago The Ministry of Culture of the Arab Republic of Egypt today signed a contract with a joint venture of Hill International and EHAF Consulting Engineers to provide project management services during the design and construction of the Grand Egyptian Museum.
Scrolls are a library of enlightenment for modern faith
They speak of a Teacher of Righteousness and a pierced messiah, of cleansing through water and a battle of light against darkness.
New US security bill passes House [Collective Imagination]
The Collective Imagination is designed to explore some of the most compelling issues facing the world today and the ways that science and technology can help us address them.
USF scientists apply skills to finding murder victims
A team of University of South Florida scientists and their students spent today searching a Pinellas cemetery with ground-penetrating radar for the unmarked graves of three murder victims.
No excavation of ancient sites at Nalanda
There is no immediate proposal of Archaeological Survey of India to excavate the ancient heritage of Nalanda University in Bihar, the Central government said in a press statement on Thursday.
Binghamton University Pipe Dream Home
Stabbing suspect pleads not guilty
The Binghamton University graduate student accused of fatally stabbing a professor on Dec.
Ancient Human Teeth Show That Stress Early in Development Can Shorten Life Span
"Prehistoric remains are providing strong, physical evidence that people who acquired tooth enamel defects while in the womb or early childhood tended to die earlier, even if they survived to adulthood," says Emory University anthropologist George Armelagos.
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