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Bobbers - Nature
Nature· 3 days agoIt occurs in no Dutch dictionary. I inquired from several Dutch friends without success, and an appeal to Notes and Queries was similarly...and does not mention some other ...
The Term “Radian” in Trigonometry - Nature
Nature· 3 days agoFROM a recently published part of the “New English Dictionary” it is to be inferred that the first authority for the use of the word “radian” was the “Treatise on Natural ...
Distribution of the Forms of Corvus cornix and C. corone - Nature
Nature· 3 days agoIts direction, however, was taken from Newton's trustworthy “Dictionary of Birds,” p. 117, where it is stated to be “an irregular line drawn diagonally from about the Firth ...
Geographical Notes - Nature
Nature· 3 days agoTHE present number of the Bulletin de la Société de Géographie commences with a paper by M. Duveyrier, on the geographical extent of the Mussulman confraternity of Senousi. This sect, which ...
Hydrodictyon in the Eastern Counties - Nature
Nature· 3 days agoIT may interest some of your readers to know that Hydrodictyon utriculatum (Roth), reckoned by Dillwyn among the rarest of the fresh-water Algæ... (W. J. Hooker, 1833; Harvey ...
Council Post: Metadata Management: A Critical Discipline That Can Help Unlock AI
Forbes· 3 days agoMarc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce, mentioned it five times since 2018 on earnings calls. Obviously,...
Put Your Brain to the Test With These Tricky Riddles for Adults
Woman's Day via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAnswer: SWIMS. 55. How do you spell "cow" in thirteen letters? Answer: SEE O DOUBLE YOU. 56. What do...
Word of the Day: locus
New York Times· 4 days agoBy the time Ecuador’s current president, Daniel Noboa, was elected in a runoff, the country had suffered months of political turmoil, including the assassination of a presidential candidate ...
Ráiméis! 15 slang words as Gaeilge to use this summer
RTÉ News· 4 days agoThe sun's been absolutely splittin' the stones, a phrase that comes from the Irish 'á an ghrian ag...
122 random fun facts to have on hand at your next dinner party
Cosmo via Yahoo News· 4 days agoWhat?! A 1995 study shows that the birds can differentiate between the two artists. The real name...
