If you read the historical background of St. Edmund Hall, you'll find the library where students study today used to be a church, built ~900 years ago!
You may find British food strange. It may taste different, or be cooked differently, or it may seem tasteless or heavy compared with what you are used to.
You may be used to a much warmer climate, or you may just find the grayness and dampness, especially during the winter months, difficult to get used to.
During World War I, Marie Curie, with help from her daughter Irene, worked to develop the use of X-radioactivity, including the mobile units which came to be known as 'Little Curies’, used to treat wounded soldiers.
If you read the historical background of St. Edmund Hall, you'll find the library where students study today used to be a church, built ~900 years ago!
Gaza's tunnels, now used to attack Israel, began as economic lifelines. Because of the Israeli blockade of Gaza, many items—foodstuffs, gas, clothing, cars—were unavailable through normal trade and needed to be smuggled in.
Gaza's tunnels, now used to attack Israel, began as economic lifelines. Because of the Israeli blockade of Gaza, many items—foodstuffs, gas, clothing, cars—were unavailable through normal trade and needed to be smuggled in.
Gaza's tunnels, now used to attack Israel, began as economic lifelines. Because of the Israeli blockade of Gaza, many items—foodstuffs, gas, clothing, cars—were unavailable through normal trade and needed to be smuggled in.
In the movie "Wreck-It-Ralph," Ralph and the Niceland residents use the same stilted, staccato movements as in the game. Disney animators used to classic animation struggled with the scaled-back approach.
Flashlight fishes are named for their large bioluminescent organs that are located beneath the eyes. The light they produce is used to attract prey, escape from predators, and to communicate!
Flashlight fishes are named for their large bioluminescent organs that are located beneath the eyes. The light they produce is used to attract prey, escape from predators, and to communicate!
A new technology meant to give future parents a glimpse of their possible child's health has raised concerns that it could be used to select embryos on the basis of more superficial characteristics like height and eye color.
A new technology meant to give future parents a glimpse of their possible child's health has raised concerns that it could be used to select embryos on the basis of more superficial characteristics like height and eye color.
A new technology meant to give future parents a glimpse of their possible child's health has raised concerns that it could be used to select embryos on the basis of more superficial characteristics like height and eye color.
Before radar, one of the methods used to detect enemy aircraft was acoustic location. These "ear amplifiers" would be manned (literally) to detect the sound of noisy aircraft engines approaching.
Before radar, one of the methods used to detect enemy aircraft was acoustic location. These "ear amplifiers" would be manned (literally) to detect the sound of noisy aircraft engines approaching.
Before radar, one of the methods used to detect enemy aircraft was acoustic location. These "ear amplifiers" would be manned (literally) to detect the sound of noisy aircraft engines approaching.
Before radar, one of the methods used to detect enemy aircraft was acoustic location. These "ear amplifiers" would be manned (literally) to detect the sound of noisy aircraft engines approaching.
To help illustrate the challenges faced by people with dyslexia, a number of psychological effects are used to obfuscate the text. Words are cut in half, spaced irregularly, and modified in ways that make them barely legible.
To help illustrate the challenges faced by people with dyslexia, a number of psychological effects are used to obfuscate the text. Words are cut in half, spaced irregularly, and modified in ways that make them barely legible.
To help illustrate the challenges faced by people with dyslexia, a number of psychological effects are used to obfuscate the text. Words are cut in half, spaced irregularly, and modified in ways that make them barely legible.
Ground freezing is being used to complete ever more daring projects, like keeping harmful contaminants from escaping, or mines from collapsing. But some of it's most exciting uses may have happened right in your backyard.