Posts Tagged ‘France’
How wine got to France 2500 years ago
U. PENNSYLVANIA (US) — Found in southern France, imported ancient Etruscan amphoras and a limestone press platform offer the earliest known biomolecular archaeological evidence of grape wine and winemaking. Continue…
Friday, June 7, 2013 12:31 - 1 Comment
Health & Medicine - Apr 16, 2013 15:27 - 0 Comments
Drug sales reps rarely discuss side effects
UC DAVIS (US) —Pharmaceutical sales reps often fail to give family doctors information about the harmful side effects of drugs, an international study finds. (more…)
Society & Culture - Dec 7, 2012 16:17 - 0 Comments
In US, YouTube political ads get nasty
U. MELBOURNE (AUS) — American politicians—and their unofficial ad creators—are a mean bunch when it comes to campaigning online, particularly when combining personal and issue attacks in ads posted on YouTube. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jul 6, 2012 15:19 - 22 Comments
Ban on headscarves may limit freedoms
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — A new book takes an in-depth look at the growing controversy over the right of Muslim women to wear headscarves in public places. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jun 6, 2012 13:06 - 3 Comments
Normandy sand holds relics of D-Day
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — Sand from a 1988 visit to Omaha Beach—site of the ferocious D-Day invasion—reveals that traces of the battle remain there long after June 6, 1944. (more…)
Top Stories - May 14, 2012 17:05 - 2 Comments
Erotic wall art dates back 37,000 years
NYU (US) — A 1.5 metric ton block of engraved limestone constitutes the earliest evidence of wall art, report anthropologists working in southern France. (more…)
