Would you steal a buck? How about a can of soda? April 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 66 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. | |
Negative perception of blacks rises with more news watching, studies say July 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Watching the news should make you more informed, but it also may be making you more likely to stereotype, says a University of Illinois researcher. In a pair of recently published studies, communication professor Travis Dixon ... | |
 Probing Question: Is peak oil a myth? August 14, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 37 vote(s)
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Unprecedented summer gasoline prices are squeezing Americans' wallets and also expanding their vocabularies, as terms like "peak oil" gain common usage. | |
British defence ministry releases UFO files October 20, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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Britain's defence ministry made public secret files on UFO sightings Monday, with the dossier including reports ranging from a woman claiming to be an alien to calm pilots giving objective accounts. | |
In Obama or McCain, US scientists see new hope October 24, 2008 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 33 vote(s)
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US scientists will breath easier after the elections, certain either candidate will mark progress after the Bush administration and the influence of Christian fundamentalists on its policies. | |
 Scientists fix bugs in our understanding of evolution June 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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A new computational tool allows the most accurate insights into evolution ever
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Study explodes myths of gang life July 15, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 31 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Two years of field work with members of six English gangs has produced one of the most revealing portraits of their lives, exploding distorted stereotypes of their culture. | |
Subprime lending not main trigger of real estate bubble July 30, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Critics often point to subprime mortgage lending – the funding of home loans to borrowers with less-than-perfect credit – as the culprit in the unsustainable boom in U.S. home prices that eventually derailed ... | |
US has Sun King's stolen gem, say French experts November 18, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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French experts said on Tuesday they had proof that the Hope Diamond, a star exhibit in Washington's Smithsonian Institution, is a legendary gem once owned by King Louis XIV that was looted in the French Revolution. | |
 Logo Can Make You 'Think Different' March 18, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 90 vote(s)
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Whether you are a Mac person or a PC person, even the briefest exposure to the Apple logo may make you behave more creatively, according to recent research from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and ... | |
Firearms Microstamping Feasible but Variable, Study Finds May 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 7
New technology to link cartridge cases to guns by engraving microscopic codes on the firing pin is feasible, but did not work equally well for all guns and ammunition tested in a pilot study by researchers from the forensic ... | |
Limits on futures trading could boost gas prices, expert says July 25, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 7
Proposals to reign in wallet-draining gasoline prices by curbing speculation in oil markets would likely increase costs at the pump instead of trimming them, a University of Illinois economist says. | |
Troubled kids hurt classmates' test scores, behavior September 10, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Troubled children hurt their classmates' math and reading scores and worsen their behavior, according to new research by economists at the University of California, Davis, and University of Pittsburgh. | |
Move over Galileo, it's Science 2.0 March 06, 2008 | User rating: 2.6 / 5 after 42 vote(s)
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In a provocative article in this week’s Science Magazine, the University of Maryland’s Ben Shneiderman, one of the world’s leading researchers and innovators in human-computer interaction, says it’s time for the laboratory ... | |
 Rich terrorist, poor terrorist March 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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New research suggests political freedom and geographic factors contribute significantly to causes of terrorism, challenging the common view that terrorism is rooted in poverty. | |
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