Carter's new fight, over Ga. dams, a familiar one July 28, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(AP) -- President Carter has spent his golden years as a global humanitarian: a Nobel laureate pushing for peace in the Middle East, speaking out against the war in Iraq and battling to eradicate deadly diseases in Africa ... | |
Overworking husbands drive working wives back into the home, study finds August 04, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Americans work longer hours than ever. That not only hurts women's careers but also widens the gender gap and threatens to trigger a resurgence of the traditional homemaker/breadwinner family structure in dual-earner households, ... | |
When it comes to abstinence teens, adults aren't speaking the same language August 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Abstinence can mean different things to adolescents than to adults. That's one reason why abstinence-only programs do not have strong effects in preventing teenage sexual activity, according to new University of Washington ... | |
Negative perception of blacks rises with more news watching, studies say July 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 8 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 ... | |
 Not exactly your grandfather's Lego July 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Some students just can't get enough of a good thing. Willingly spending more than 11 hours a day in a classroom is what happens when you combine Lego robotics with inquisitive minds. | |
Do we think that machines can think? July 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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When our PC goes on strike again we tend to curse it as if it was a human. The question of why and under what circumstances we attribute human-like properties to machines and how such processes manifest on a cortical level ... | |
Gasoline stations set prices to match a small number of other stations July 31, 2008 | User rating: 2.9 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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For many years, there have been competition concerns regarding how retail gasoline prices are set in the U.S. and Canada. Consumers have complained about the perceived uniformity of retail gas prices and the perception that ... | |
Teaching in a disruptive classroom July 21, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Anyone who teaches a large group of students has probably experienced undesirable student behaviors. I taught the introductory college biology course at Syracuse University, and several hundred students attended each lecture. | |
Full-day kindergarteners' reading, math gains fade by 3rd grade July 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Children in full-day kindergarten have slightly better reading and math skills than children in part-day kindergarten, but these initial academic benefits diminish soon after the children leave kindergarten. This loss is ... | |
New model explains why we overestimate our future choices July 17, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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When people make choices for future consumption, they select a wider variety than when they plan to immediately consume the products. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research examines the reasons behind this ... | |
 Research Publications Online: Too Much of A Good Thing? July 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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The Internet gives scientists and researchers instant access to an astonishing number of academic journals. So what is the impact of having such a wealth of information at their fingertips? The answer, according ... | |
Job growth not the only factor in reducing poverty in large metro areas August 04, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
A new study suggests that it may be easier for people living in small metropolitan areas to get out of poverty than it is for those living in large metro areas. The study by researchers at Ohio State University and Oklahoma ... | |
 When it comes to putting, Tiger and Nicklaus might not have best advice July 14, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Golfers who heed the advice of instructors to keep their heads perfectly still while putting may be hampering their game, according to a study that examined coordination patterns. The research appears in the ... | |
 'Fuel for thought' on transport sector challenges July 11, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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The report: Fuel for thought – The future of transport fuels: challenges and opportunities addresses two serious issues – the need to dramatically reduce the transport sector's greenhouse gas emissions and, ... | |
 People only eat 1 when the chips are brown July 16, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Dr. Don Henne isn't wasting his degree when he's standing by the deep fryer waiting for potato slices to turn brown. He's conducting research that will help the potato industry and consumers. | |
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