Thanksgiving Combines Myths, Traditions and Truths, CU Professor Says

Thanksgiving Combines Myths, Traditions and Truths, CU Professor Says

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Over the centuries Thanksgiving in America has meant many things to many people. What we consider the traditional Thanksgiving holiday today has been around only a few decades, according ...


Do kids benefit from homework?

Do kids benefit from homework?

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Homework is as old as school itself. Yet the practice is controversial as people debate the benefits or consider the shortcomings and hassles. Research into the topic is often contradictory ...


Strategic management theory offers fresh take on the economic crisis

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The recent financial crisis and resulting global economic downturn has been the most defining global economic event since the Great Depression. Now research which appears in the November issue of Strategic Organization, publis ...


As robots become more common, Stanford experts consider the legal challenges

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(PhysOrg.com) -- They already detect and defuse bombs, control traffic patterns and do some basic household chores. And scientists predict that pretty soon, robots will be using artificial intelligence to play a larger role ...


5-day delivery no sure cure for postal woes, economist says

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Scaling back mail delivery from six days a week to five may be the best bet to stem mounting U.S. Postal Service losses, but could still be a gamble, says a University of Illinois economist who has studied the agency's persistent ...


Researcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin (AP)

Researcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin (Update)

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(AP) -- A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus. Experts say the historian may be reading ...


Climate change could boost incidence of civil war in Africa

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Climate change could increase the likelihood of civil war in sub-Saharan Africa by over 50 percent within the next two decades, according to a new study led by a team of researchers at University of California, Berkeley, ...


Museum: Galileo's fingers, tooth are found (AP)

Museum: Galileo's fingers, tooth are found

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(AP) -- Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again and will soon be put on display, an Italian museum ...


Three of a kind

Three of a kind: Revealing language’s universal essence

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(PhysOrg.com) -- On the surface, English, Japanese, and Kinande, a member of the Bantu family of languages spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo, have little in common. It is not just that the vocabularies ...


Only tax increase can cure Illinois budget woes, study says

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created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Tax increases are the only solution to a widening budget crisis that a new study says has landed Illinois among the nation's most financially troubled states, a soon-to-be-released report by a team of University of Illinois ...


BoarCroc, RatCroc, DogCroc, DuckCroc and PancakeCroc

BoarCroc, RatCroc, DogCroc, DuckCroc and PancakeCroc

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A suite of five ancient crocs, including one with teeth like boar tusks and another with a snout like a duck's bill, have been discovered in the Sahara by National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Paul Sereno. ...


Shifting blame is socially contagious

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Merely observing someone publicly blame an individual in an organization for a problem - even when the target is innocent - greatly increases the odds that the practice of blaming others will spread with the tenacity of the ...


When good companies do bad things

When good companies do bad things: Examining illegal corporate behavior

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created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

The more prominent and financially successful a corporation becomes, the more likely it is to break the law, according to a new study led by a Michigan State University scholar that challenges previous research.


The cause behind the characteristic shape of a long leaf revealed

The cause behind the characteristic shape of a long leaf revealed

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created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Applied mathematicians dissected the morphology of the plantain lily (Hosta lancifolia), a characteristic long leaf with a saddle-like arc midsection and closely packed ripples along the edges. The simple ...


Consumers choose locally grown and environmentally friendly apples

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created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

When asked to compare apples to apples, consumers said they would pay more for locally grown apples than genetically modified (GMO) apples. But in a second questionnaire consumers preferred GMO apples - that is, when they ...