Some interesting stand out names in this new database of 290,000 English medieval soldiers: Chaucer, Wat, Crowe, etc.
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We built a database of 290,000 English medieval soldiers – here’s what it reveals
We created the database in order to challenge assumptions about the lack of professionalism of everyday soldiers.
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Another invasive species threatening New Zealand with irreversible ecosystem destruction: Gold Clam.
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Gold clam invasion in NZ threatens drinking water for millions of people
The invasion threatens more than water. Clams could foul dam intakes and reduce hydroelectric efficiency in a river that generates 13% of New Zeala...
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At least brake emissions will be reduced, maybe, by 2040 in the EU: "Tyre and Road Abrasion as the Biggest Source of Particulate Emissions in Road Traffic."
Tyre and Road Abrasion as the Biggest Source of Particulate Emissions in Road Traffic
TU Graz study shows: Exhaust particles account for less than ten per cent of fine dust emissions from road traffic. Compliance with new air quality...
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"We have discovered the only insect native to Antarctica!" "We regret to inform you that it is getting sick from eating micro-plastics."
University of Kentucky finds Antarctica’s toughest insect is already eating microplastics
A global research team led by researchers from the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment has found th...
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You like astrophysics? Thank an English Dominican Friar.
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How a medieval Oxford friar used light and colour to find out what stars and planets are made of
Richard Fishacre challenged the scientific orthodoxy of his day, and contemporary astrophysics has vindicated his position.
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Ethiopia and its invasive prosopis tree. If only their government could organize some sort of culling. https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ethiopias-invasive-prosopis-tree-chokes-033247575.html https://hell.twtr.plus/media/8369b1fc01877d7803d65df12290c177eb1e1459f67040e84b401022e32a0f69.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/0a76e142e818a83040cfac23b15025856ea7d90cf5f862cd4e68a6484f75b4ac.file
MIT study on a buried building site in Pompeii, better photos and graphics: "The builders were quite literally repairing a house in the middle of the city, when Mount Vesuvius blew up in the first century CE."
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A 2,000-year-old building site reveals the raw ingredients for ancient Roman self-healing concrete
This has re-written our understanding of how Romans manufactured concrete.
I have no doubt that Steve Sailer could be the greatest comic of our age if he ever got tired of recognizing patterns. This is a solid joke.
Wooden beam vs. Steel beams in a house fire. Which one lasts longer? Make your bets now!
In any season, the views from Storgatan in Västerås, might be some of the most charming in Europe. One of the oldest cities in Sweden, most buildings here were built in the 1850s, of solid timber or timber frame with brick infill on natural stone foundations, some with the original medieval stone and brick cellars intact. It is rare to find wooden neighborhoods still intact and in Europe and it gives us a nice idea of what a prosperous medieval city could have looked like. Solid timber and timber frame buildings can be easily raised from mail-order kits: a neighborhood like this should be very easy and quite cheap to build anywhere in Scandinavia today. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/fcf9fc2b08585c7224f2ad3f9cc58846b1e43f797926bdbeebfa6dc915a5757a.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/d0012aec69137d284d471db85373d6d58e774f36e17a83dd6d8b79e1803ac27c.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/033754a87e8e3dd37c6e6751cc818bc22434f716e1e79ec5ff9baa04f2d1f719.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/612c43a6851676ade43fb56393236c5019ee591262d90d8585941c37712b451d.file