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Plagiarism-detection software was created with lazy, sneaky college students in mind - not the likes of William Shakespeare. Yet the software may have settled a centuries-old mystery over the authorship of an unattributed play from the late 1500s called The Reign of Edward III. Literature scholars have long debated...
Sir Brian Vickers, a literature professor at the University of London, came to his conclusion after using plagiarism-detection software - as well as his own expertise - to compare writing patterns between Edward III and Shakespeare's body of work. Plagiarism software isn't new; college professors have been using it...
Among Shakespeare's recycled bits of phrases: "come in person hither," "pale queene of night," "thou art thy selfe," "author of my blood" and even the whole phrase "lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds." Other matching strings are less compelling, but are nevertheless an essential part of distinguishing...
Vickers and his colleagues hope that by using plagiarism software, which they're currently applying to a study of British playwright John Ford's works, scholars may yet be able to settle many of the literature world's greatest authorship questions. But don't try this at home - this isn...
Despite the long-standing tensions between Tehran and the Baluchis - as well as other minorities that, together, make up almost half of Iran's population - the authorities were quick to blame the attack on outsiders. Besides condemning alleged Western support for Jundullah, the Iranian government sharply criticized Pakistan, from whose...