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 | 67 articles at Peer Review as of 23 July 2024
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| 2024-07-17 20:47 | Narwhal (Medium-sized toothed whale species) | The narwhal (Monodon monoceros) is a species of toothed whale native to the Arctic. It is the only member of the genus Monodon, and one of two living representatives of the family Monodontidae. The narwhal has a similar build to the closely related beluga whale, with which it overlaps in range and can interbreed. | PR (2 commenters) Initiated by: Wolverine XI |
| 2024-06-05 05:12 | Arrow's impossibility theorem (Proof that no ranked-choice system is spoilerproof) | Arrow's impossibility theorem is a key result in social choice showing that no rank-order method for collective decision-making can behave rationally or coherently. Specifically, any such rule violates independence of irrelevant alternatives, the principle that a choice between and should not depend on the quality of a third, unrelated option . | PR (1 commenters) Initiated by: Closed Limelike Curves |
| 2024-06-14 16:41 | IAU designated constellations (Constellations recognized by the International Astronomical Union) | In contemporary astronomy, 88 constellations are recognized by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Each constellation is a region of the sky bordered by arcs of right ascension and declination, together covering the entire celestial sphere. Their boundaries were officially adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1928 and published in 1930. | PR (1 commenters) Initiated by: The Herald |
| 2024-05-30 19:24 | Chinese characters (Logographic writing system) | Chinese characters are logographs used to write the Chinese languages and others from regions historically influenced by Chinese culture. Chinese characters have a documented history spanning over three millennia, representing one of the four independent inventions of writing accepted by scholars; of these, they comprise the only writing system continuously used since its invention. | PR (4 commenters) Initiated by: Remsense |
| 2024-06-22 17:41 | Brown bear (Large bear native to Eurasia and North America) | The brown bear (Ursus arctos) is a large bear native to Eurasia and North America. It is one of the largest land carnivorans, rivaled in size only by its closest relative, the polar bear, which is much less variable in size and slightly bigger on average. | PR (1 commenters) Initiated by: Wolverine XI |
| 2024-07-03 23:58 | Military dictatorship (Dictatorship ruled by the military) | A military dictatorship, or a military regime, is a type of dictatorship in which power is held by one or more military officers. Military dictatorships are led by either a single military dictator, known as a strongman, or by a council of military officers known as a military junta. | PR (2 commenters) Initiated by: Thebiguglyalien |
| 2024-05-03 17:58 | Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (Indian actress (born 1973)) | Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (née Rai; born 1 November 1973) is an Indian actress who is primarily known for her work in Hindi and Tamil films. Rai won the Miss World 1994 pageant and later established herself as one of the most-popular and influential celebrities in India. | PR (1 commenters) Initiated by: Keivan.f |
| 2024-06-26 09:19 | Brighton hotel bombing (1984 IRA attempt to kill Margaret Thatcher) | On 12 October 1984 the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) attempted to assassinate members of the British government, including the prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, at the Grand Hotel in Brighton, England. Five people were killed, including the Conservative MP Sir Anthony Berry; over thirty people were injured. | PR (7 commenters) Initiated by: SchroCat |
| 2023-10-26 13:15 | Pruitt–Igoe (Demolished housing project in St. Louis, US) | The Wendell O. Pruitt Homes and William Igoe Apartments, known together as Pruitt–Igoe, were joint urban housing projects first occupied in 1954 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. The complex of 33 eleven-story high rises was designed in the modernist architectural style by Minoru Yamasaki. | PR (5 commenters) Initiated by: Rublov |
| 2024-06-09 17:28 | Scarsdale, New York (Village and town in Westchester County, New York) | Scarsdale is a town in Westchester County, New York, United States. The Town of Scarsdale is coextensive with the Village of Scarsdale, but the community has opted to operate solely with a village government, one of several villages in the state that have a similar governmental situation. | PR (0 commenters) Initiated by: 48JCL |
| 2024-07-12 13:18 | Catherine, Princess of Wales (Member of the British royal family (born 1982)) | Catherine, Princess of Wales (born Catherine Elizabeth Middleton; 9 January 1982), is a member of the British royal family. She is married to William, Prince of Wales, heir apparent to the British throne. | PR (2 commenters) Initiated by: MSincccc |
| 2024-07-04 07:30 | Ada Wong (Resident Evil character) | Ada Wong is a character in Resident Evil (Biohazard in Japan), a survival horror video game series created by the Japanese company Capcom. She was introduced as a supporting character and antiheroine in Resident Evil 2 (1998). Ada is a spy and mercenary who is often hired to steal biological weapons for antagonists, although she has betrayed her employers for her own agendas and saved protagonist Leon S. Kennedy from dire situations. | PR (6 commenters) Initiated by: Boneless Pizza! |
| 2024-07-20 02:21 | Andrew Wiles (British mathematician who proved Fermat's Last Theorem) | Sir Andrew John Wiles KBE FRS (born 11 April 1953) is an English mathematician and a Royal Society Research Professor at the University of Oxford, specialising in number theory. He is best known for proving Fermat's Last Theorem, for which he was awarded the 2016 Abel Prize and the 2017 Copley Medal and for which he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2000. | PR (0 commenters) Initiated by: Jarrod Baniqued |
| 2024-06-14 21:31 | Rhea (moon) (Moon of Saturn) | Rhea is the second-largest moon of Saturn and the ninth-largest moon in the Solar System, with a surface area that is comparable to the area of Australia. It is the smallest body in the Solar System for which precise measurements have confirmed a shape consistent with hydrostatic equilibrium. | PR (3 commenters) Initiated by: Cremastra |
| 2022-08-22 14:30 | Kentrosaurus (Extinct genus of dinosaurs from late Jurassic in Lindi Region, Tanzania) | Kentrosaurus (lit. 'prickle lizard') is a genus of stegosaurid dinosaur from the Late Jurassic in Lindi Region of Tanzania. The type species is K. aethiopicus, named and described by German palaeontologist Edwin Hennig in 1915. Often thought to be a "primitive" member of the Stegosauria, several recent cladistic analyses find it as more derived than many other stegosaurs, and a close relative of Stegosaurus from the North American Morrison Formation within the Stegosauridae. | PR (3 commenters) Initiated by: Augustios Paleo |
| 2022-11-26 20:50 | Mexico–United States border (International border in North America) | The Mexico–United States border (Spanish: frontera Estados Unidos–México) is an international border separating Mexico and the United States, extending from the Pacific Ocean in the west to the Gulf of Mexico in the east. It traverses a variety of terrains, ranging from urban areas to deserts. | PR (1 commenters) Initiated by: Meganfarley65 |
| 2024-07-01 06:51 | Palmyra Atoll (Incorporated, unorganized U.S. territory in the Pacfic) | Palmyra Atoll, also referred to as Palmyra Island, is one of the Northern Line Islands (southeast of Kingman Reef and north of Kiribati). It is located almost due south of the Hawaiian Islands, roughly one-third of the way between Hawaii and American Samoa. | PR (0 commenters) Initiated by: Praseodymium-141 |
| 2024-06-23 19:19 | Military logistics (Military supply and maintenance) | Military logistics is the discipline of planning and carrying out the movement, supply, and maintenance of military forces. In its most comprehensive sense, it is those aspects or military operations that deal with: | PR (1 commenters) Initiated by: Hawkeye7 |
| 2023-10-26 07:24 | Campbell's Soup Cans (1962 artwork by Andy Warhol) | Campbell's Soup Cans (sometimes referred to as 32 Campbell's Soup Cans) is a work of art produced between November 1961 and June 1962 by the American artist Andy Warhol. It consists of thirty-two canvases, each measuring 20 inches (51 cm) in height × 16 inches (41 cm) in width and each consisting of a painting of a Campbell's Soup can—one of each of the canned soup varieties the company offered at the time. | PR (2 commenters) Initiated by: TonyTheTiger |
| 2024-05-04 08:04 | Regency of Algiers (1516–1830 Autonomous Ottoman State in North Africa) | The Regency of Algiers (Arabic: دولة الجزائر, romanized: Dawlat al-Jaza'ir, Ottoman Turkish: ایالت جزایر غرب, romanized: Eyalet-i Cezâyir-i Garp) was a largely independent early modern Ottoman tributary state on the Barbary Coast of North Africa between 1516 and 1830 established by the corsair brothers Aruj and Hayreddin Barbarossa, also known as Oruç and Khayr ad-Din. | PR (4 commenters) Initiated by: Scope creep |
| 2024-06-18 18:48 | Ateneo de Zamboanga University (Roman Catholic university in Zamboanga City, Philippines) | The Ateneo de Zamboanga University (Filipino: Pamantasang Ateneo de Zamboanga), also referred to by its acronym AdZU, is a private, Catholic, co-educational, basic and higher education institution in Zamboanga City, Philippines. Founded in 1912 by Jesuits as Escuela Catolica, an all-boys parochial school of the Immaculate Conception parish, it is the second oldest Jesuit-administered institution in the Philippines. | PR (0 commenters) Initiated by: Raymondsiyluy05 |
| 2024-07-18 18:56 | Henry Clay Work (American songwriter and composer (1832–1884)) | [[File:Henry Clay Work, 1884 (alternate version).png|thumb|{{Center|Work in his posthumously published 1884 collection of songs |
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| 2024-06-28 12:17 | Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh (BBC radio comedy show) | Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh was a comedy show broadcast from 1944 to 1950 and 1951 to 1954 by BBC Radio and in 1950–51 by Radio Luxembourg. It was written by and starred Richard Murdoch and Kenneth Horne as officers in a fictional RAF station coping with red tape and the inconveniences and incongruities of life in the Second World War. | PR (2 commenters) Initiated by: SchroCat |
| 2024-06-14 17:05 | Algebra (Branch of mathematics) | Algebra is the branch of mathematics that studies algebraic structures and the manipulation of statements within those structures. It is a generalization of arithmetic that introduces variables and algebraic operations other than the standard arithmetic operations such as addition and multiplication. | PR (0 commenters) Initiated by: Phlsph7 |
| 2024-07-21 18:27 | NABC Coach of the Year | The NABC Coach of the Year is an award given annually by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) to recognize the top head coach in men's college basketball across the four largest college athletic associations in the United States. The award has been given since the 1958–59 season to National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I coaches, since 1961–62 to Division II, and since 1975–76 to Division III coaches. | PR (0 commenters) Initiated by: SportsGuy789 |
| 2024-06-16 07:32 | Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (Chronic medical condition) | Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a serious long-term illness. People with ME/CFS experience a profound fatigue that does not go away with rest, sleep issues and problems with memory or concentration. They are able to do much less than before they became ill. | PR (2 commenters) Initiated by: Femke |
| 2024-05-11 08:36 | English whisky (Whisky distilled in England) | English whisky (whiskey) is a liquor made from cereal grains, malt and water. This includes malt whisky and grain whisky. | PR (0 commenters) Initiated by: ChefBear01 |
| 2024-06-21 06:29 | Beard, Wives, Denim (2012 studio album by Pond) | Beard, Wives, Denim is the fourth studio album by Australian psychedelic rock band Pond, released in Australia on 2 March 2012, by Modular Recordings. Most of the album was recorded over two weeks at Zampatti Farm in Eagle Bay, Western Australia in April 2010, which is pictured on the album cover. | PR (1 commenters) Initiated by: Milkk7 |
| 2024-07-07 21:40 | The Sims 4 (2014 video game) | The Sims 4 is a free-to-play social simulation game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. It is the fourth major title in The Sims series, following The Sims 3 (2009). The game was released in North America on September 2, 2014, for Windows, a macOS version was released in February 2015, and PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions were released in November 2017. | PR (1 commenters) Initiated by: Theknine2 |
| 2023-06-29 22:22 | Henryk Stażewski (Polish painter (1894–1988)) | Henryk Stażewski (pronounced: ; 9 January 1894 – 10 June 1988) was a Polish painter, visual artist and writer. Stażewski has been described as the "father of the Polish avant-garde" and is considered a pivotal figure in the history of constructivism and geometric abstraction in Central and Eastern Europe.: 297 His career spanned seven decades and he was one of the few prominent Polish artists of the interwar period who remained active and gained furthe ... | PR (5 commenters) Initiated by: Ppt91 |
| 2024-06-29 12:16 | Bad Blood (Taylor Swift song) (2015 single by Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar) | "Bad Blood" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from her fifth studio album, 1989 (2014). She wrote the song with the producers Max Martin and Shellback. A pop song with hip hop beats and keyboards, the lyrics are about betrayal by a close friend. | PR (1 commenters) Initiated by: Brachy0008 |
| 2024-06-23 15:43 | Majed Abu Maraheel (Palestinian long-distance runner and football player (1963–2024)) | Majed Abu Maraheel (Arabic: ماجد أبو مراحيل, romanized: Mājid ʿAbū Marāḥīl; 5 June 1963 – 11 June 2024) was a Palestinian long-distance runner, football player, security officer, and athletics coach, who was the first Palestinian to compete at the Olympic Games. | PR (0 commenters) Initiated by: Arconning |
| 2024-06-27 12:52 | Undertale (2015 video game) | Undertale is a 2015 2D role-playing video game created by American indie developer Toby Fox. The player controls a child who has fallen into the Underground: a large, secluded region under the surface of the Earth, separated by a magical barrier. The player meets various monsters during the journey back to the surface, although some monsters might engage the player in a fight. | PR (3 commenters) Initiated by: LunaEclipse |
| 2024-06-06 09:00 | Jenna Ortega (American actress (born 2002)) | Jenna Marie Ortega (born September 27, 2002) is an American actress. She began her career as a child and received recognition for her role as young Jane in The CW comedy-drama series Jane the Virgin (2014–2019). From 2016 to 2018, Ortega had a leading role as Harley Diaz in the Disney Channel series Stuck in the Middle; she won an Imagen Award for the part. | PR (2 commenters) Initiated by: Pamzeis |
| 2024-07-09 20:33 | 2017 NHL expansion draft (Player selection draft) | The 2017 NHL expansion draft was an expansion draft conducted by the National Hockey League on June 18–20, 2017 to fill the roster of the league's expansion team for the 2017–18 season, the Vegas Golden Knights. The team's selections were announced on June 21 during the NHL Awards ceremony at T-Mobile Arena. | PR (1 commenters) Initiated by: The Kip |
| 2024-05-02 18:46 | Nuclear clock (Extremely accurate clock concept) | A nuclear clock or nuclear optical clock is a notional atomic clock that would use the frequency of a nuclear transition as its reference frequency, instead of the atomic electron transition frequencies used by conventional atomic clocks. Such a clock is expected to be more accurate than the best current atomic clocks by a factor of about 10, with an achievable accuracy approaching the 10−19 level. | PR (2 commenters) Initiated by: Tutwakhamoe |
| 2024-06-03 07:07 | List of nonlinear ordinary differential equations | Differential equations are prominent in many scientific areas. Nonlinear ones are of particular interest for their commonality in describing real-world systems and how much more difficult they are to solve compared to linear differential equations. This list presents nonlinear ordinary differential equations that have been named, sorted by area of interest. | PR (2 commenters) Initiated by: Nerd1a4i |
| 2024-03-06 14:05 | Nezak Huns (484–665 Huna state in the Hindu Kush region) | The Nezak Huns (Pahlavi: 𐭭𐭩𐭰𐭪𐭩 nycky), also Nezak Shahs, was a significant principality in the south of the Hindu Kush region of South Asia from circa 484 to 665 CE. Despite being traditionally identified as the last of the Hunnic states, their ethnicity remains disputed and speculative. | PR (3 commenters) Initiated by: TrangaBellam |
| 2024-07-17 22:57 | Taiwan High Speed Rail Museum (Museum in Zhongli, Taoyuan City, Taiwan) | The Taiwan High Speed Rail Museum (traditional Chinese: 台灣高鐵探索館; simplified Chinese: 台湾高铁探索馆; pinyin: Táiwān Gāotiě Tànsuǒ Guǎn) is a museum in Zhongli District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan. The museum is run by the Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation and showcases the history and operation of Taiwan's High Speed Rail. | PR (1 commenters) Initiated by: IngeniousPachyderm |
| 2024-07-15 15:59 | Dr Disrespect (American live streamer (born 1982)) | Herschel "Guy" Beahm IV (born March 10, 1982), better known as Dr Disrespect or The Doc, is an American live streamer who became known for playing battle royale games such as Apex Legends, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Call of Duty: Warzone, Fortnite Battle Royale, H1Z1, and PUBG: Battlegrounds. | PR (2 commenters) Initiated by: 2601AC47 |
| 2024-05-14 15:22 | Knives Out (2019 mystery film by Rian Johnson) | Knives Out is a 2019 American mystery film written and directed by Rian Johnson. Daniel Craig leads an eleven-actor ensemble cast as Benoit Blanc, famed private detective summoned to investigate the death of bestselling author Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer). | PR (2 commenters) Initiated by: DAP389 |
| 2024-06-23 16:01 | 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup (Ninth edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup) | The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup was the ninth edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup. It was co-hosted by the West Indies and the United States from 1 to 29 June 2024; the tournament being hosted by the West Indies for the second time, while this was also the first major ICC tournament to feature matches played in the United States. | PR (0 commenters) Initiated by: Vestrian24Bio |
| 2024-05-07 19:47 | List of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episodes (seasons 1–19) | Throughout its run, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit has received critical acclaim and won numerous awards, including 1 NAACP, 1 ALMA Awards, including Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award for lead actress Mariska Hargitay. The series has also tackled important social issues and sparked public discourse on topics such as sexual assault, human trafficking and LGBTQ rights. | PR (0 commenters) Initiated by: SunriseInBrooklyn |
| 2024-02-17 12:13 | Idris Bazorkin (North Caucasian writer and playwright (1910–1993)) | Idris Murtuzovich Bazorkin (15 June [O.S. 3 June] 1910 – 31 May 1993) was a North Caucasian writer, playwright, poet and statesman who mainly wrote his works in Russian but also in Ingush to a lesser degree. He had been recognized a classic of the Ingush literature during his lifetime. | PR (3 commenters) Initiated by: WikiEditor1234567123 |
| 2024-06-16 18:22 | List of Dutch (in)formateurs and scouts | Informateurs, formateurs and scouts have served in a Dutch cabinet formation since 1848. The roles are often filled by members of the largest party. | PR (1 commenters) Initiated by: Dajasj |
| 2024-04-24 06:23 | Nestory Irankunda (Australian soccer player (born 2006)) | Nestory "Nestor" Irankunda (born 9 February 2006) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Regionalliga Bayern club Bayern Munich II and the Australia national team. | PR (2 commenters) Initiated by: JC Kotisow |
| 2024-07-06 17:28 | List of generation IX Pokémon (List of Pokémon species (2022–present)) | The ninth generation (Generation IX) of the Pokémon franchise features 120 fictional species of creatures introduced to the core video game series in the Nintendo Switch games Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. The first Pokémon of the generation were revealed on 27 February 2022 in a Pokémon Presents livestream presentation. | PR (1 commenters) Initiated by: Pokelego999 |
| 2022-09-24 03:43 | Södermanland Runic Inscription 113 (Swedish runic inscription) | Södermanland Runic Inscription 113 (Swedish: Södermanlands runinskrifter 113; commonly abbreviated to Sö 113) is the Rundata catalogue index for a 0.9 metres (35 in) high, 0.5 metres (20 in) wide granite runestone in Kolunda, Stenkvista Parish, Eskilstuna Municipality, Sweden, within the historic province of Södermanland (hence its name). | PR (6 commenters) Initiated by: Adam Cuerden |
| 2024-07-03 01:50 | Shirt (song) (2022 single by SZA) | "Shirt" is a song by American singer-songwriter SZA and the third single from her second studio album, SOS (2022). Produced by Darkchild and Freaky Rob, it is an R&B song, with elements of trap music, backed by synthesizers and 808 beats. The lyrics are about a toxic relationship, one that consumes SZA lustfully and entices her to return despite leaving her directionless and mentally exhausted. | PR (2 commenters) Initiated by: PSA |
| 2024-07-11 04:11 | Godzilla Minus One (2023 Japanese film by Takashi Yamazaki) | is a 2023 Japanese epic kaiju film written, directed, and with visual effects by Takashi Yamazaki. Produced by Toho Studios and Robot Communications and distributed by Toho, it is the 37th film in the Godzilla franchise, Toho's 33rd Godzilla film, and the fifth film in the franchise's Reiwa era.{{efn-lr|Japan's Reiwa era began on May 1, 2019, however, Toh ... | PR (1 commenters) Initiated by: Eiga-Kevin2 |
| 2024-06-08 10:03 | Chaparral 2F (Group 6 racing car by Chaparral) | The Chaparral 2F is a Group 6 sports prototype designed by Jim Hall and Hap Sharp and built under their company Chaparral Cars. Built with the intention to compete in the World Sportscar Championship, it competed in the 1967 season, with a best finish of first at the BOAC 500, driven by Phil Hill and Mike Spence. | PR (2 commenters) Initiated by: X750 |
| 2024-04-02 23:51 | BP Refinery v Tracey (2020 case in the Federal Court of Australia) | BP Refinery v Tracey [2020] FCAFC 89 was a decision by the Full Federal Court of Australia ruling that the rejection of an application for unfair dismissal had been decided incorrectly by the Fair Work Commission (FWC). BP employee Scott Tracey had been terminated following his involvement in the production and circulation of a parodic video. | PR (2 commenters) Initiated by: MaxnaCarta |
| 2024-06-17 17:25 | Kim Kitsuragi (Video game character) | Kim Kitsuragi is a character in the 2019 video game Disco Elysium. Kitsuragi is a police lieutenant for the Revachol Citizens Militia (RCM) and serves as partner to detective Harrier Du Bois, the game's protagonist. Contrasting Du Bois' more vibrant and unpredictable personality, Kitsuragi acts as stoic and serious partner. | PR (2 commenters) Initiated by: Shooterwalker |
| 2024-06-24 23:18 | Michael Biggs (singer) (Musical artist) | Michael Fernand Nascimento de Castro Biggs, known professionally as Mike Biggs (August 16, 1974), is a Brazilian singer most known as a member of children's music group Turma do Balão Mágico. | PR (1 commenters) Initiated by: CVDX |
| 2024-06-10 07:23 | Tyla (album) (2024 studio album by Tyla) | Tyla is the debut studio album by South African singer Tyla. It was released on 22 March 2024 through Fax and Epic Records. Capitalizing on her international breakthrough with its lead single "Water", the album includes guest appearances from Kelvin Momo, Tems, Gunna, Skillibeng, Becky G, and Travis Scott. | PR (2 commenters) Initiated by: Dxneo |
| 2024-03-03 01:03 | Not Strong Enough (Boygenius song) (2023 single by Boygenius) | "Not Strong Enough" is a song by the American supergroup Boygenius. It was released through Interscope Records on March 1, 2023, as the fourth single from the band's debut studio album The Record. Written by all three members of Boygenius—Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus—"Not Strong Enough" is an indie rock and folk rock song that incorporates elements of numerous genres. | PR (4 commenters) Initiated by: Dylan620 |
| 2024-07-17 12:43 | Pagtatag! (2023 EP by SB19) | Pagtatag! (stylized in all uppercase; transl. strengthening) is the second extended play (EP) recorded by the Filipino boy band SB19, released by Sony Music Philippines on June 9, 2023. The EP includes songs of genres pop, EDM, hip hop, soul, and R&B—all co-written by the band's leader, Pablo—as part of the band's desire to explore genres since their departure from the dance-pop music in their 2020 debut album. | PR (2 commenters) Initiated by: Relayed |
| 2024-03-03 20:25 | Muckrach Castle (Tower house, Scotland) | Muckrach Castle, also known as Muchrach or Muckerach Castle, is a tower house near the Scottish town of Dulnain Bridge in the Highland council area, which is part of the Cairngorms National Park. It was built in 1598 as the original seat of Grants of Rothiemurchus, with timber used as part of the stone walls. | PR (4 commenters) Initiated by: Kj cheetham |
| 2024-05-27 16:30 | Tapir! (Indie folk band from London) | Tapir! is a six-piece indie folk band from London. Known for their blending of folk music with genres such as post-punk and art pop, their first album, The Pilgrim, Their God and the King of My Decrepit Mountain, was released on 26 January 2024. The band consists of musicians from South London and formed in 2019, releasing their first single, "My God", in 2022. | PR (1 commenters) Initiated by: Suntooooth |
| 2024-07-06 14:33 | Weise's law (Proto-Indo-European language sound law) | Weise's law is a Proto-Indo-European sound law that causes the depalatalization of the palatovelar consonants *ḱ *ǵ *ǵʰ in certain contexts. In short, when *ḱ *ǵ *ǵʰ are followed by *r, they are depalatalized and thereby merge with the plain velars *k *g *gʰ, respectively, unless the *r is followed by *i or the palatalized form is restored by analogy. | PR (3 commenters) Initiated by: ThaesOfereode |
| 2024-06-23 02:58 | Luna (Feid and ATL Jacob song) (2024 single by Feid and ATL Jacob) | "Luna" (English: "Moon") is a song by Colombian singer-songwriter Feid and American producer ATL Jacob from Feid's second extended play (EP), Ferxxocalipsis (2023). Salomón Villada (Feid) wrote the song, and Jacob, Hendrix Smoke, EVRGRN, 254Bodi and FritzOnDaTrak produced it. | PR (0 commenters) Initiated by: Pollosito |
| 2024-06-15 03:49 | Matthew Charles Johnson (Australian criminal and murderer (born 1973)) | Matthew Charles Johnson (born 9 August 1973) is an Australian criminal who is known for his extreme acts of violence, including the murder of Carl Williams, a drug dealer and serial killer. Johnson was raised in Dandenong, Melbourne, Victoria; during his childhood, he experienced familial challenges and was expelled from school in year seven. | PR (2 commenters) Initiated by: GMH Melbourne |
| 2024-06-22 12:08 | Fire (Kittie album) (2024 studio album by Kittie) | Fire is the seventh studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Kittie, released on June 21, 2024, through Sumerian Records. It is the band's first album in almost 13 years following the release of I've Failed You (2011), in between which time they were largely on an indefinite hiatus due to rising costs associated with touring and making music, a lack of public interest, and the death of bassist Trish Doan in 2017. | PR (1 commenters) Initiated by: Chchcheckit |
| 2024-07-10 17:05 | Plant micro-reserve (Small nature preserve) | A plant micro-reserve (abbr. PMR) is a type of small nature preserve that targets rare or threatened plant species, protecting the species' main populations from further decline. They also serve as hotspots for biodiversity monitoring, seed collection, and plant management. | PR (0 commenters) Initiated by: Fritzmann2002 |
| 2024-06-03 00:59 | Neue Deutsche Heilkunde (Nazi Germany medical program) | New German Medicine (German: Neue Deutsche Heilkunde) was a movement in Nazi Germany during the 1930s and 1940s that aimed to integrate conventional scientific medicine with various forms of alternative medicine, including naturopathy and homeopathy. Driven by prominent Nazi leaders such as Rudolf Hess and Heinrich Himmler, who were ardent supporters of alternative healing practices, the movement sought to create a unified German medical system that emphasized natural ... | PR (0 commenters) Initiated by: Gameking69 |
| 2024-07-02 00:14 | Suicidal Tour (Football club tour in Brazil) | Brazilian professional football club Santa Cruz Futebol Clube toured the North Region of Brazil from 2 January 1943 to 29 April 1943, looking to raise funds in friendly matches. Over the course of almost four months, they played over 25 matches in six different cities, in what became known as the Suicidal Tour (Brazilian Portuguese: Excursão Suicída) and the Death Tour (Brazilian Portuguese: Excursão da Morte), due to the misfortune, danger, and tragedy endured by the cl ... | PR (0 commenters) Initiated by: Hilst |
| 2024-06-29 16:14 | Geographia Generalis (Geography textbook by Bernhardus Varenius) | Geographia Generalis is a seminal work in the field of geography authored by Bernhardus Varenius, first published in 1650. This influential text laid the foundations for modern geographical science and was pivotal in the development of geography as an academic discipline. | PR (0 commenters) Initiated by: GeogSage |
