While we might crave information, we are right to be suspicious of the sources that provide it, Barry Strauss, professor of history and classics, writes in Washington Post commentary.
“Today’s brave new world of disinformation is hardly new,” Strauss writes in the piece. “True, it’s now possible to generate false information and transmit it practically anywhere on the planet instantaneously. But the facts of disinformation — and its aftereffects — are as old as war itself. Consider the case of the Roman Empire and the Battle of Actium in 31 B.C."
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This color composite view shows the moon Europa in natural color (left) and in enhanced color (right). The yellowish patch is Tara Regio, the geologic region where the most CO2 is seen and where Hubble recently detected ocean-derived salt.
Chris Kitchen
Alexa Easley is working to develop materials for low-energy carbon capture that are organic and easy to make on large scales and in realistic conditions.
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St. Hovhannes Church of Chahuk (built in the 12th or 13th century and renovated in the 17th and 19th centuries) was destroyed between 1997 and 2009, as documented in a new report from Caucasus Heritage Watch.