 A crash course in true political science May 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Daniel Suson has a doctorate in astrophysics and has worked on the superconducting super collider and a forthcoming NASA probe. Now he's heading back to school to take on an even trickier task - getting ... | |
 Retailers can use DNA tracing to track meat May 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(AP) -- Meat retailers can now trace their wares from the ranch to the refrigerator case using DNA analysis. IdentiGEN Ltd., based in Ireland with U.S. offices in Lawrence, Kan., said its DNA TraceBack technology ... | |
Study debunks myth of job testing as race barrier May 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Conventional wisdom holds that the standardized tests some employers require of job applicants serve as a barrier to equal employment. But a pioneering study shows just the opposite: Screening increases employers' precision ... | |
 New idea in mortuary science: Dissolving bodies with lye May 08, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Since they first walked the planet, humans have either buried or burned their dead. Now a new option is generating interest - dissolving bodies in lye and flushing the brownish, syrupy residue down ... | |
 Weddings boost Shark's fin consumption in Singapore: report May 10, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Shark's fin consumption more than doubled in Singapore last year from 2006, with demand driven by an economic boom and an increase in wedding celebrations, a report said Saturday. | |
Mimicking nature could help business survive the credit crunch May 08, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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As credits crunch, recession bites, and business struggle to stay primed, researchers in Spain suggest that a more surgical approach to management and business practice is needed if a company is to survive. Writing in the ... | |
Productivity rises when companies are facing closure May 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
In companies that are slated to be shut down, productivity increases during the phase-out period itself. When management is busy dealing with matters other than daily operations, employees shoulder a greater responsibility ... | |
 Santa Monica High School team wins National Science Bowl May 05, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Four California high school students used a complex mathematical function called a Maclaurin series to come up with the correct answer - "two-thirds" - Monday to win the Energy Department's annual ... | |
 Researchers stumped by drug addiction paradox April 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 99 vote(s)
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From chocolate and caffeine to nicotine and cocaine, many of our most addictive foods and drugs come from plant toxins. Considering that plants originally developed these toxins to deter herbivorous predators, ... | |
 FSU researcher: As gas prices climb, employee productivity plummets May 05, 2008 | User rating: 2.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Rising gas prices are affecting more than the family budget. More pain at the pump results in more employee stress on the job, says Wayne Hochwarter, the Jim Moran Professor of Management at Florida State ... | |
How should we interpret spiritual experiences? May 09, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Religious practices and religions involving spiritual experiences are growing in popularity around the globe. Academics too are turning their study to the practices of these religions. The interest is in understanding shamanism, ... | |
Not sure? Don't sweat it: Embrace Uncertainty May 07, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Governments and other large organisations should put more resources into ways of dealing with the unknown, according to experts pioneering a new approach to understanding and managing uncertainty. | |
DNA tests reveal mystery surrounding playwright Schiller May 04, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Who is buried in Friedrich Schiller's tomb? Several people, apparently, but none of them the famous poet and playwright, according to new research. | |
Instant messaging -- a new language? May 01, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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For many adults over the age of 30, the former groupings of letters would seem incoherent, but for a newer generation of technologically-savvy young adults it can say a lot. | |
There is no such thing as 'the' Indian May 08, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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An increasing number of mayors in Guatemala are of Indian origin. Dutch researcher Elisabet Rasch went to find out what this development means and discovered that there is much more to building a multicultural democracy than ... | |
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