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"This ‘Northwest Passage’, the fabled northern route linking East with West, was not successfully navigated until 1906 by Roald Amundsen. Today we talk about the four centuries of exploration before then..." https://snr.org.uk/the-mariners-mirror-podcast/the-search-for-the-northwest-pasage/ #Maritime #History #Podcast #Europe #Arctic #Canada #histodons @histodons

Source: https://twitter.com/NauticalHistory/status/1659423640620875777

"It is frightening to think where all this might lead. If English is in such a bad state now, what will things be like in a generation’s time? We must surely act before it is too late." https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/aug/15/why-its-time-to-stop-worrying-about-the-decline-of-the-english-language #English #Language #History #histodons @histodons

Source: https://twitter.com/lingdiscovery/status/1659659943866146855

"Barabási’s groundbreaking work reveals that new connections in our networks tend to form with already well-connected elements. Scale-free networks exist in various complex systems, such as cellular interactions and social networks." https://bigthink.com/the-well/decoding-our-world-graph-theory-networks/ #Video #Maths #Science #Data

Source: https://twitter.com/bigthink/status/1659656770086641679

"They focus on the application of metrical study to literary criticism and manuscript studies, engaging with current debate and offering new perspectives on the crucial role of metre to Old English scholarship." https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/58584 #OpenAccess #OA #Book #Medieval #bookstodon @bookstodon

Source: https://twitter.com/ArcHumanities/status/1657847504828809217

"Prior to the period of the much-lauded modern “discovery” of 1 Enoch/Ethiopic Enoch, what was known of these and other Enochic writings?" https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/37375274 #OpenAccess #OA #Medieval #MiddleAges #Religion #History #histodons @histodons

Source: https://twitter.com/AnnetteYReed/status/1659661054232674305

The Mexican-American War ended 175 years ago: How did Mexico lose half its territory? https://english.elpais.com/usa/2023-05-19/the-mexican-american-war-ended-175-years-ago-how-did-mexico-lose-half-its-territory.html #History #Mexico #USA #histodons @histodons

Source: https://twitter.com/elpaisinenglish/status/1659760852994596864

"Recognizing that rhetoric without more can be dangerous, Cicero’s solution was to place rhetoric within a larger framework of public activity, practical training, and moral wisdom. That was oratory." https://antigonejournal.com/2021/10/cicero-rhetoric/ #Rhetoric #Latin #Classics

Source: https://twitter.com/AntigoneJournal/status/1659500437505015808

"This tablet is particularly notable as it is one of the earliest known examples of writing in Latin by a woman." https://www.historyskills.com/classroom/ancient-history/vindolanda-tablets/ #Ancient #History #Roman #Britain #Latin #Classics #Writing #histodons @histodons

Source: https://twitter.com/marinamaral2/status/1659555954889830402

"As with all BCIs, the goal was to associate each word, phrase, or sentence with the particular pattern of brain activity that it evokes." https://www.science.org/content/article/scientists-use-ai-decipher-words-and-sentences-brain-scans #Science #Brain #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #NeuroScience

Source: https://twitter.com/NewsfromScience/status/1659597290137350145

"Boscovich did important work in geometry, optics, astronomy, geodesy, and even engineering..." https://www.lindahall.org/about/news/scientist-of-the-day/roger-joseph-boscovich #History #Science #Maths #histodons @histodons

Source: https://twitter.com/bhgross144/status/1659548442694234112

"Ethicists warn that without careful regulation, genome editing could lead to a two-tier society, split between those who are edited and those who are not." https://www.sciencefocus.com/future-technology/crispr/ #Science #Technology #CRISPR #Genetics #DNA

Source: https://twitter.com/sciencefocus/status/1659515640120500225

Short #history #video: the death of Chinggis Khan https://www.youtube.com/shorts/A1llQj-hM2A #histodons @histodons

Source: https://twitter.com/the_jackmeister/status/1659139574436708352

"Lek-Heng Lim uses tools from algebra, geometry and topology to answer questions in machine learning." https://www.quantamagazine.org/an-applied-mathematician-strengthens-ai-with-pure-math-20230301/ #AI #ArtificalIntelligence #Maths #MachineLearning

Source: https://twitter.com/QuantaMagazine/status/1659234920462516224

Mathematical mysteries: The Barber's Paradox https://plus.maths.org/content/mathematical-mysteries-barbers-paradox #Maths

May 1664: Hooke vs. Cassini: Who Discovered Jupiter’s Red Spot? https://aps.org/publications/apsnews/202005/history.cfm #History #Science #histodons @histodons

Source: https://twitter.com/APSphysics/status/1659182115232022528

"Prehistoric humans in Europe might have been sitting round campfires built to toast snacks as early as 250,000 years ago – 50,000 years earlier than originally thought, researchers have suggested." https://theguardian.com/science/2023/may/18/scientists-find-oldest-known-evidence-of-humans-in-europe-using-fires-to-cook #Science #Anthropology #Europe #Spain #Madrid

Scientist of the day: Barthélemy Faujas-de-Saint-Fond. https://www.lindahall.org/about/news/scientist-of-the-day/barthelemy-faujas-de-saint-fond-4 #History #Science #histodons @histodons

Source: https://twitter.com/bhgross144/status/1658877535906562054

"The camps suggest the Roman takeover of the Nabataean kingdom may not have been as peaceful as previously thought". https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-roman-army-camps-in-jordan-that-may-indicate-a-secret-military-mission-180982165/ #History #Archaeology #Roman #histodons @histodons

Source: https://twitter.com/AntiquityJ/status/1658825952317538307

"Dr Patricia Fara tells the story of Caroline Herschel, concert soprano turned astronomer, unkindly caricatured in Georgian times as ‘The Female Philosopher, smelling out the Comet’. " https://royalsociety.org/blog/2023/05/first-ladys-comet/ #History #Science #histodons @histodons

Source: https://twitter.com/RSocPublishing/status/1658382180043702274