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  nicholas wakefield

  

  17 hours ago

  When is an aurora not an aurora? Phenomena called 'Steve' and 'picket fence' are masquerading as auroras

  phys.org - University of California - Berkeley

  The shimmering green, red and purple curtains of the northern and southern lights—the auroras—may be the best-known phenomena lighting up the …

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  nicholas wakefield

  

  1 day ago

  How Could The Big Bang Arise From Nothing?

  iflscience.com

  READER QUESTION: My understanding is that nothing comes from nothing. For something to exist, there must be material or a component available, and for …

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  nicholas wakefield

  

  1 day ago

  Study suggests climate played a crucial role in human migration from Africa

  phys.org - Jeppe Kyhne Knudsen

  About 6 million years ago, in the deep forests of eastern Africa, something spectacular happened. Chimpanzees, our closest relative in the animal …

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  nicholas wakefield

  

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  A Complete Guide to the Persian Wars

  

  Curated byTheCollector

  The Greco-Persian Wars were a critical time in ancient history in which Greek city-states attempted to stop the expansion of the superpower that was the Persian Empire.

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  nicholas wakefield

  

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  Where Was Ancient City Of Babylon And What Happened To It?

  

  Curated byWorldatlas.com

  Babylon is one of the most famous cities of antiquity. Babylon was the capital of the southern Mesopotamia (Babylonia) from the early second millennium to the early first millennium BCE, and it was the capital of the Neo Babylonian (Chaldean) empire in the 7th and 6th centuries when it was at the peak of its glory.

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  nicholas wakefield

  

  3 days ago

  Armutsforscher über Bürgergeld-Debatte: „Porsche-Fahrer streichen den Ärmsten die letzten 20 Euro“

  Tagesspiegel - Ronja Merkel

  © dpa/Daniel Reinhardt Ist das Bürgergeld eine Entlohnung fürs Nichtstun? Der Politologe Christoph Butterwegge hält die Aussage für gefährlichen …