The Evolution of Human Diet

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A University of Arkansas professor’s most recent work addresses the question of how human eating habits have evolved over millions of years.


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Using math model, NJIT professor names MVP and Cy Young award contenders

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NJIT's Bruce Bukiet, a mathematician who has applied mathematical modeling techniques to elucidate the dynamics of run scoring in baseball, is now applying his methods to ascertain the players most deserving of major league ...

School voucher adoption affected by political decision-making

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In many countries, school vouchers have come to be a controversial policy which allows parents to pay for the education of their children at a school of their choice, rather than the public school to which they are assigned. ...

Revealing the evolutionary history of threatened sea turtles

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It's confirmed: Even though flatback turtles dine on fish, shrimp, and mollusks, they are closely related to primarily herbivorous green sea turtles. New genetic research carried out by Eugenia Naro-Maciel, ...

Scientists view both Obama, McCain as supportive

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(AP) -- Call it the political revenge of the nerds. For nearly eight years, many mainstream scientists have been frustrated with the Bush administration. They've claimed that science has been censored, ignored and politicized ...

Providing in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants increases college enrollment

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Undocumented youth are not likely to go to college. Usually they do not qualify for financial aid and often come from low-income families with little ability to pay college tuition. A new study in the Journal of Policy ...
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