Some 80 miles west of Athens, in the heart of the Peloponnese, Nafplio is the archetypal Grecian seaside town: a warren of cobblestone streets — punctuated by Byzantine-era Ottoman fountains and neo-Classical Venetian mansions — leading down to a bustling port. Presiding over the town, the Palamidi fortress, an 18th-century citadel built on a rocky […]
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No matter what you call it — chroma key, green screen or blue screen — it’s the film and video technique that gives your local TV weatherperson something in common with the Avengers movies: artificial backgrounds inserted behind the action. You simply record your subject in front of a solid green or blue screen, and
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For a minor league team that plays its home games in flood-ravaged Iowa on the swollen banks of the Mississippi River, the season so far has presented some unusual challenges. The Quad Cities River Bandits are dragging their equipment everywhere they go because there’s no point in using their lockers. Worse than that, the players
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WASHINGTON — Abortion rights are at risk at the Supreme Court, but the short-term threat may not come from extreme measures like the one passed by Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday. The court led by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. is more likely to chip away at the constitutional right to abortion established in 1973
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A proposal to ban abortions in Louisiana as early as the sixth week of pregnancy continued to speed through the state legislature Wednesday, a day after Alabama lawmakers voted for what could become the nation’s most restrictive law against the procedure. Without objection, the Louisiana House Health and Welfare Committee backed legislation to prohibit abortions
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Ellis-Bextor didn’t reveal the reason for her departure Singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor has left the UK’s jury for the Eurovision Song Contest. She had been due to chair the five-strong panel, which helps decide the UK’s scores. The BBC said she had stepped down due to “unforeseen circumstances”, and a
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President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency to protect US computer networks from “foreign adversaries”. The president signed an executive order effectively barring US companies from using foreign telecoms believed to pose a security risk to the country. Mr Trump does not name any company specifically in the order. However, analysts suggest it is
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Trees are connected by an underground network of fungi that connect trees and provide them with the nutrients they need to survive. This system has been nicknamed the Wood Wide Web. Now a team of scientists, including Tom Crowther from ETH Zurich and Brian Steidinger from Stanford University, have mapped this network on a global
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A cold front expected to dump rain and snow in Northern California starting Wednesday has prompted the closure of a popular road at Yosemite National Park and left outdoor businesses bracing for smaller crowds through the weekend. The first storm heading toward the state from the Gulf of Alaska is expected to bring winter-like conditions,
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The challenge was to develop software that could easily be downloaded onto tablets that poor children around the world could use to teach themselves to read, write and do simple arithmetic. The incentive was $10 million for the winner. Interested in Technology? Add Technology as an interest to stay up to date on the latest
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