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How does Plato's references to the Greek alphabet help us to work out where Atlantis really was? This article examines the evidence.

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Professor Raúl Rojas has published a book about how symbols have been used throughout history in mathematics. The work was translated into English this year.

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Shannon Pruden receives funding from National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development and National Science Foundation. Karinna Rodriguez does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive ...

The old computer science curriculum isn’t doing the job it should in preparing students for the modern realities of wrangling ...

Electrically controlled silicon photonic devices use carbon nanotube heaters to modulate and filter terahertz waves on chip ...

Businessman Nicholas Leone opens up about the Business Bible, a 2,000-page NASB translation annotated with articles, briefs ...

The sci-fi sensation compares the new technology to the early days of the camera and predicts a long period of transition for ...

The Maui sun was doing its golden-hour magic when my husband and I, barefoot and blissed-out, wandered into a beachside ...