Coke or Pepsi? Being distracted can make you more susceptible to ads April 21, 2008 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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A can of Coke next to the word "awesome"; a can of Pepsi next to a picture of a happy couple. Seem too basic to be effective advertising? Prior research has shown that reported attitudes towards brands are not affected by ... | |
High eBay shipping costs: When do surcharges affect the purchase price? April 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Ever find a bargain online, only to realize that the cost of shipping doubles how much you’ll pay? Shipping-and-handling sticker shock accounts for about 30 percent of all online shopping cart abandonment, but prior research ... | |
Dam removal increases property values April 17, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Two new studies appearing in Contemporary Economic Policy explore the impact of dam removal on local property values and find that property values increase after dams are removed. | |
Alone in the Ivory Tower April 17, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A new study from the University of Utah shows that women in academia have fewer children compared to other professional women -- primarily because it takes longer to achieve the job security of tenure -- and concludes that ... | |
Mind the gap: Indigenous lives improving, but too slowly April 17, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Ahead of this weekend’s 2020 Summit academics from The Australian National University are warning research shows significant changes need to be made to Indigenous affairs policy to ‘close the gaps’ but the “narrative of failure” ... | |
Resolving international copyright April 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Publishers commonly profit from the creative works of their freelance contributors not only in the traditional print format, but increasingly digitally through websites, databases, and multimedia output and through syndication ... | |
 MIT prof Edward Lorenz, father of chaos theory, dies at 90 April 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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Edward Lorenz, an MIT meteorologist who tried to explain why it is so hard to make good weather forecasts and wound up unleashing a scientific revolution called chaos theory, died April 16 of cancer at his ... | |
 Control the urge to splurge - try dividing things up April 16, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Good things come in small packages — like the Nabisco 100 Calorie Pack. But do these portion-controlled offerings help dieters lose weight? | |
Study Suggests Why Parents Stricter With Older Children April 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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If you think your parents let your younger siblings get away with everything, you’re probably right. A new study from researchers at Duke University, Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland concludes that ... | |
Trade pessimism grows: global survey April 16, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A global survey of trade experts has found a marked increase in pessimism on the outcome of current world trade negotiations. | |
Older Americans are more socially engaged than many people may think April 16, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
A new University of Chicago study shows that older people remain vital and active members of society as they age, despite a popular notion that they are more likely to be socially isolated. | |
Study finds increased fragmentation of TV news audiences along party lines April 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Television news audiences are divided along party lines like never before, according to a new University of Georgia study that warns the trend may have damaging consequences for political discourse and democracy in America. | |
 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, ... | |
Youth gangs -- a big issue with many theories but poor research April 16, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Youth gangs cause considerable personal and social damage worldwide, yet while there are many theories about how they form and how to prevent young people becoming involved, there is no evidence to back two of the key theories, ... | |
What Aristotle could teach your business April 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Public scandals, such as the Enron affair, the sub-prime mortgage problem, and the ensuing global credit crunch have led to dwindling confidence in the business world. A transatlantic study to be published in the International ... | |
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