To test the ballistic properties of the stone points found in the Mandrin cave, modern duplicates were created and hafted on to shafts, as they may have been 54,000 years ago.
Laure Metz, Ludovic Slimak
Laure Metz, Aix-Marseille Université (AMU); Jason E. Lewis, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York), and Ludovic Slimak, Université Toulouse – Jean Jaurès
In 2022 we detailed the discovery of 1,500 stone points in France’s Madrin cave. Experiments now show that they could were used as arrowheads, pushing back evidence of archery in Eurasia by 40,000 years.
Different people from different countries studying in foreign universities, that’s Erasmus+.
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The Erasmus programme has been investing in student mobility in Europe for more than 30 years, and Spain is the country that uses it the most. What do we know about its impact on students’ education and skills?
Specimen of the spider Thwaitesia nigronodosa.
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A study has reviewed 5,000 news stories about spiders published on the internet. Most of them contain false and sensationalist information. Spider infodemics has its poison.
While communists make up the bulk of portrait carriers in Russia, officials are also increasingly putting in a good word for Joseph Staline.
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Stalin, who died on March 5, 1953, was partially rehabilitated in the decades that followed. These days, he is in some respects a source of inspiration for Vladimir Putin.
Mosaic in the entrance to the caldarium of the House of Menander, Pompei, 1st century A.D.
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Even if Ovid leaves it out, the female sex organ is well-attested in Greek and Latin medical literature.
Elly Schlein’s surprise election as head of the Democratic Party means for the first time, Italy’s governing and opposition parties are both led by women.
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Haizea Barcenilla, Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
The work of the Swedish artist Hilma af Klimt is considered the first manifestation of abstraction. But it has not always been part of the artistic canon. Even she believed that she painted something too advanced for her time.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg prepares to testify in Washington DC, in 2018 concerning revelations about the company’s sharing data with Cambridge Analytica, a consulting firm linked to Donald Trump.
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Mark Zuckerberg says he wants the world to be more “open and connected”, but his decision to block archiving the company’s social media content argues otherwise.
Washington, D.C’s vibrant civil society means it is one of the national leaders in green construction in the U.S.
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Research shows cities are delivering on their climate pledges. More than mayors, the real force behind these local transitions are nonprofit organisations.
Demonstration in support of Ukraine in Vilnius, March 11, 2022.
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Since 2021, the tiny Baltic nation of Lithuania has come up against three authoritarian regimes: Belarus, China, and Russia. Its capital, Vilnius, is at the forefront of Western support for Kiev.
What will happen to the euro zone’s rising prices in 2023? Here’s an overview of the factors which might influence inflation’s acceleration or deceleration.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell (R) light candles in the Church of St. Andrew and Pyervozvannoho All Saints during their visit to the site of a mass grave in Bucha, April 2022.
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The war’s one-year anniversary is eerily close to that of an EU report on the prevention of mass atrocities. Ten years later, its authors reflect on what the bloc could have done differently.
Damaged: war in Ukraine has caused a massive rise in PTSD, especially in young women and soldiers.
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The war in Ukraine has traumatised many people, military and civilian. But the country’s health service was already ill-equipped to deal with mental health issues.
El Cares hiking trail in Northern Spain.
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It is 150 years since the birth of the Neapolitan tenor Enrico Caruso.
Actor Colin Farrell with director Martin McDonagh on the set of The Banshees of Inisherin in the west of Ireland.
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