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. | |
Productivity rises when companies are facing closure May 09, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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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 ... | |
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. | |
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. | |
Scientists aim to boost world energy supplies -- with microbes April 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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British and Canadian scientists expect to begin trials next month (May) to find out whether microbes can unlock the vast amount of energy trapped in the world's unrecoverable heavy oil deposits. An estimated six trillion ... | |
 Shakespeare's 'man of the sonnets' revealed April 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Bristol University students researching for a new display of Tudor portraits in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery have uncovered a ghost figure which may be Shakespeare’s only known patron Henry ... | |
Decoding the dictionary: Study suggests lexicon evolved to fit in the brain April 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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The latest edition of the Oxford English Dictionary boasts 22,000 pages of definitions. While that may seem far from succinct, new research suggests the reference manual is meticulously organized to be as concise as possible ... | |
House approves anti-genetic discrimination bill (Update) May 01, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Companies would no longer be able to use genetic information like a person's predisposition for breast cancer, sickle cell or diabetes to make insurance or job decisions under a bill passed by Congress on Thursday. | |
Shocking attitudes to Great War’s wounded revealed April 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Diaries written by working class soldiers wounded in World War One have revealed how they silently endured brutal treatment by military nurses, doctors, physiotherapists and stretcher bearers. | |
Do you really remember the sixites? May 05, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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New research suggests that the sixties was not really the decade of peace, love and understanding that people generally remember. | |
How should we interpret spiritual experiences? May 09, 2008 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 17 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, ... | |
'Deaf by God' tried in Old Bailey records May 05, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Deaf people on trial were granted the right to an interpreter as early as 1725, according to Old Bailey records examined by UCL (University College London) scientists. The use of family and friends to interpret court proceedings ... | |
Giant puzzle exposes Germany's communist secrets April 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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It is painstaking work, almost a labour of love, but help is close for the nine people who have spent years sticking together millions of pieces of paper to decipher the workings of East Germany's once-feared Stasi secret ... | |
Finding God with biocomplexity April 25, 2008 | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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After centuries of trying to uncover the fundamental laws of the universe, science is still no closer to answering some of humanity’s biggest questions about the meaning of life, the existence of God and the evolution of ... | |
Would you steal a buck? How about a can of soda? April 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 63 vote(s)
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It's been a long road from being engulfed in flames in an explosion in Israel to leaving dollar bills in dorm refrigerators at MIT. But in an odd way, it's all connected. | |
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