Ancestors of African Pygmies and neighboring farmers separated around 60,000 years ago
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All African Pygmies, inhabiting a large territory extending west-to-east along Central Africa, descend from a unique population who lived around 20,000 years ago, according to an international study led by researchers at ...
It pays to compare: Comparison helps children grasp math concepts
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 10, 2009 |
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Comparing different ways of solving math problems is a great way to help middle schoolers learn new math concepts, researchers from Vanderbilt and Harvard universities have found.
Researchers discover novel mechanisms that might causally link type-2 diabetes to Alzheimer's disease
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A recent study by Mount Sinai faculty suggests that a gene associated with onset of type-2 diabetes also decreases in Alzheimer's disease dementia cases. The research, led by Dr. Giulio Maria Pasinetti, MD, Ph.D., The Aidekman ...
Uproar over 'news story' ad on front page of LA Times
Apr 10, 2009 |
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An advertisement dressed up as a news story on the front page of the Los Angeles Times has reporters at the newspaper fuming and the publisher defending the move.
Research defines neurons that control sociability in worms
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Ants colonize. Fish shoal. Flamingos flock and caribou herd. Earth is populated by inherently social beings. Even lowly worms seek out the benefits of companionship. New research at The Rockefeller ...
On gravel roads, people drive at speed they are comfortable with, regardless of posted limit
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Kansas gravel roads have varying speed limits, but a study by Kansas State University researchers shows that instead of abiding by those limits, people are more likely to use their own judgment to gauge how ...
Carrot or bribe? Rewards for healthier lifestyle stir debate
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Health authorities and corporations are increasingly offering money to people who quit smoking, lose weight or take medicine, despite uncertainty that such incentives work beyond a few months, doctors said on Friday.
Can downloads predict impact for scientific articles?
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While the number of times a scientific article is cited by other articles is currently the gold standard for ranking its impact, online publishing offers another measure: the number of unique downloads.
Cyber spying a threat, and everyone is in on it
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(AP) -- Ghost hackers infiltrating the computers of Tibetan exiles and the U.S. electric grid have pulled the curtain back on 21st-century espionage as nefarious as anything from the Cold War - and far more difficult to stop.
German regulators fine Microsoft for price-fixing
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(AP) -- Antitrust regulators fined Microsoft Corp.'s German subsidiary 9 million euros ($11.8 million) and said the world's largest software maker illegally influenced retail prices for its Office 2007 programs.
Leading-edge data analytics and visualization enable breakthrough science
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Most science research programs that run on high-performance computers like the IBM Blue Gene/P Intrepid at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) generate enormous quantities of ...
CSI: Pisco, Peru -- Study uncovers tectonic events behind earthquake
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 10, 2009 |
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A magnitude 8.0. earthquake destroyed 90 percent of the city of Pisco, Peru on August 16, 2007. The event killed 595 people, while another 318 were missing. Tsunami waves were observed locally, off the shore ...
Happy US-Russian crew deny 'divorce in space'
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 10, 2009 |
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A Russian and US space crew denied on Friday that new rules forbid them from sharing toilets and food in orbit, hailing their work as the "best partnership" in human history.
Biochemists to study how crops can increase protein production
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The small flowering plant Arabidopsis is widely used in laboratories as a model organism in plant biology.
Baby at the buzzer: Older couples race against their biological clocks to start families
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Kim Harper started a career before starting a family. After graduating from Michigan State University in 1990, she traveled, earned a law degree and began working as an attorney. When Harper married in 2006, she and her husband, ...
