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Carmakers quibble over the obvious: Hands-free is not risk-free
It's always amazing that we need academic studies to state the obvious, such as the one in the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology a few years ago finding that people are happier during weekends. No less amazing, though, is the knee-jerk...
Tags: Blindness, Email, University of Utah, Consumer Goods Industries, Media Industry
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Penn State to host international conference on pollinator health
College of Agricultural Sciences, Penn State UniversityWith populations of wild and domesticated pollinators, such as honeybees, in decline, some of the world's foremost scientists in the field will converge on Penn State this summer to discuss the latest research aimed at understanding and overcoming...Tags: Ecosystems, Agriculture, Conservation, North Carolina State University, Science and Technology
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Even babies prefer the underdog, psychologists say
The human brain may be wired to sympathize with the underdog. Even if the underdog is a yellow square being chased by a blue circle, and the brain has been checking out the outside world for only 10 months. A Japanese research team found that 16 of 20...
Tags: Medical Research, Human Interest, Science and Technology
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Syrian rebels reportedly raid Shiite village
BEIRUT -- Syrian rebels burned homes and killed civilians in a sectarian rampage targeting Shiite Muslims in a village in eastern Syria, activists and officials said Wednesday. The rebel attack on Hatla, in eastern Deir Elzur province, resulted in...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Religion and Belief, Bashar Assad, Armed Conflicts, Science and Technology
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Long-banned chemicals found in pregnant mothers' blood
As a reminder of just how persistent some toxic chemicals can be, a Johns Hopkins-led research team reports finding traces of long-banned DDT and PCBs along with other contaminants in the blood of 50 pregnant women checked from Baltimore and its suburbs. ...
Tags: Mining, Health and Safety at School, Science and Technology, Metal and Mineral
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Best bets for the week
American English free concert Using identical instruments the legendary group used, American English reproduces the vocal style and harmonies of the Beatles. Not only will the band bring back memories for those who were there, but they also will bring...Tags: Authors, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Arts and Culture, Lifestyle and Leisure, Libraries
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First, We Need To Understand Guns And Gun Violence Better
The Hartford CourantA revealing thing happened in the grief-filled days that followed the massacre of helpless children and their teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. Virtually every conversation about gun control, about any possible remedy for gun...Tags: Interior Policy, Safety of Citizens, Shootings, Suicide, Personal Weapon Control
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U. of C. to link up with marine lab
Add one more laboratory to the list of world-class facilities to be overseen by the University of Chicago. The internationally renowned Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass., will be brought under the university's financial and...
Tags: Science, Argonne National Laboratory, Teachers, Environmental Issues, Conservation
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Armenian study center to debut at UCLA
An allotment of Armenian books and cultural artifacts linked to the country's history and diaspora following the 1915 genocide will debut at UCLA in the first permanent research program of its kind at any major American university dedicated to Armenian...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Genocide, Armenia, Massacres, Hate Crimes
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Robert W. Fogel 1926-2013
Robert W. Fogel, a University of Chicago professor who in 1993 joined the Hyde Park school's line of Nobel Prize winners in economics, created a body of work that challenged widely held assumptions about American history. Early in his career, Mr....
Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Values, Awards and Prizes, Career and Workplace, Columbia University
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New treatment for college interrupted by addictions
"It's time to get the 'high' out of higher education," former cabinet secretary Joseph Califano said to release findings that 49 percent of full-time college students binge drink or abuse prescription and illegal drugs. That four-year study was...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Substance Abuse, Science and Technology, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning
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Bolingbrook business owner named Champion of Change
The head of the University of Illinois at Chicago's microphysics laboratory and founder of a Bolingbrook tech company was recently named one of the White House's 11 national "Champions of Change," a distinction that honors immigrant innovators in America....
Tags: University of Illinois at Chicago, Immigration, Bolingbrook, Science and Technology, Teaching and Learning
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