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Why the Dutch always say what they mean โ BBC REEL https://youtu.be/wrEZwe1nbBU #Youtube #Video #Language #Netherlands #UnitedKingdom
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#OTD 30 April 1803 The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, more than doubling the size of the young nation.
"Studying hundreds of older patients, researchers in Germany found that those who reported using two languages daily from a young age scored higher on tests of learning, memory, language and self-control than patients who spoke only one language." https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/28/health/bilingualism-memory-dementia.html #Science #Language
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American explorations in the West, 1803-1852 https://collections.leventhalmap.org/search/commonwealth:q524n199 #Map #History #USA
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"We have curated a list of 100 excellent open-access websites and resources, each chosen on the grounds of utility for the Classics learner/lover." https://antigonejournal.com/helps/ #OpenAccess #OA #Websites #Classics
Collections: Academic Ranks Explained Or What On Earth Is an Adjunct? https://acoup.blog/2023/04/28/collections-academic-ranks-explained-or-what-on-earth-is-an-adjunct/ #Academia #College #University
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@Pat That is correct everyone does require B12.
Ian Stewart (2023) William Jonesโ Legacy in Britain: Philology, Mythography, Ethnology, Global Intellectual History, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23801883.2023.2184406 #Philology #Mythography #Ethnology #History #Britain #Histodons @histodon
Did the Phoenicians circumnavigate Africa? https://www.badancient.com/claims/phoenicians-africa/ #History #Histodons #Africa #Ancient @histodon
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Lost and found: in praise of Cardinal Wolsey https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2023/04/lost-and-found-in-praise-of-cardinal-wolsey.html #Latin #Medieval #Literature #EarlyModern #History #Histodons @histodon
"Academic papers tend to be inherently complex due to their subjects, but many are also needlessly hard to read because of bad writing. A growing body of evidence shows that scientific papers have been getting harder to read over the last century." https://www.freethink.com/robots-ai/ai-could-rescue-scientific-papers
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Academia #Science
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At the limits of astrophysics โ with Katy Clough https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4RbkTCp16k #YouTube #Video #Science #Astrophysics #Physics
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Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKDCuj8VB9U #YouTube #Video #History #England #English #Histodons @histodon
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The Language of Proofs: A Philosophical Corpus Linguistics Study of Instructions and Imperatives in Mathematical Texts https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/22002/ #Philosophy #Math
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The oldest complete version of the *Iliad* is the โVenetus Aโ manuscript, produced in the 900s CE โ 1600 years after the poem was first written down! Venetus A consists of the Greek text of the poem, surrounded by critical remarks, which take up most of each page.
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100+ Best #free #data #science #books for beginners and experts https://www.theinsaneapp.com/2020/12/free-data-science-books-pdf.html
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Louf, T., Gonรงalves, B., Ramasco, J.J. et al. American cultural regions mapped through the lexical analysis of social media. Humanit Soc Sci Commun 10, 133 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-01611-3 #geography #language #linguistics #sociology #us #openaccess #oa #usa
Herrmann, V., Manning, S., Morgan, K., Soldi, S., & Schloen, D. (2023). New evidence for Middle Bronze Age chronology from the Syro-Anatolian frontier. Antiquity, 1-20. doi: https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.30 #openaccess #oa #research #antiquity
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