Too much homework can be counterproductive
May 31, 2005 |
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Instead of improving educational achievement in countries around the world, increases in homework may actually undercut teaching effectiveness and worsen disparities in student learning, according to two Penn State researchers. Most tea ...
Traffic jam mystery solved by mathematicians
Dec 19, 2007 |
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Mathematicians from the University of Exeter have solved the mystery of traffic jams by developing a model to show how major delays occur on our roads, with no apparent cause. Many traffic jams leave drivers ...
Backs to the Future
Jun 12, 2006 |
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New analysis of the language and gesture of South America's indigenous Aymara people indicates they have a concept of time opposite to all the world's studied cultures -- so that the past is ahead of them and ...
First Ever World Map of Happiness Produced
Jul 28, 2006 |
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A University of Leicester psychologist has produced the first ever 'world map of happiness.'
Meditation found to increase brain size
Jan 27, 2006 |
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People who meditate grow bigger brains than those who don't. Researchers at Harvard, Yale, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found the first evidence that meditation can alter the physical ...
Indians predated Newton 'discovery' by 250 years
Aug 13, 2007 |
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A little known school of scholars in southwest India discovered one of the founding principles of modern mathematics hundreds of years before Newton according to new research.
No strong link seen between violent video games and aggression
Aug 11, 2005 |
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Results from the first long-term study of online videogame playing may be surprising. Contrary to popular opinion and most previous research, the new study found that players' "robust exposure" to a highly violent online gam ...
What the Devil? Prince of Darkness Is Misunderstood, Says UCLA Professor
Aug 18, 2006 |
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He's not the enemy of God, his name really isn't Lucifer and he isn't even evil. And as far as leading Adam and Eve astray, that was a bad rap stemming from a case of mistaken identity.
'The Matrix' is a step closer to reality; Neuroscientists break code on sight
Nov 04, 2005 |
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In the sci-fi movie "The Matrix," a cable running from a computer into Neo's brain writes in visual perceptions, and Neo's brain can manipulate the computer-created world. In reality, scientists cannot interact ...
Mathematicians unlock major number theory puzzle
Feb 27, 2007 |
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Mathematicians have finally laid to rest the legendary mystery surrounding an elusive group of numerical expressions known as the "mock theta functions." Number theorists have struggled to understand the functions ever since ...
New mathematics-based sculpture unveils fourth dimension
Oct 20, 2005 |
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Artistic works traditionally carry significance beyond their physical beauty, but a new sculpture in the McAllister Building headquarters of the Penn State Department of Mathematics may carry that tradition ...
Mathematicians solve E8 structure (Update)
Mar 19, 2007 |
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A transatlantic team of number-crunchers announced they had built a theoretical structure in 248 dimensions, resolving a 120-year puzzle that could be used to test theories about the structure of the cosmos.
Safe Nuclear Power and Green Hydrogen Fuel
Dec 11, 2005 |
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Nuclear power is being shunned. It’s not surprising, after the serious accident at Chernobyl in 1986 that made the Russian city’s name synonymous with disaster. The potential exists for more of the same and ...
Patent issued for anti-gravity device
Nov 09, 2005 |
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The U.S. patent office has reportedly granted a patent for an anti-gravity device -- breaking its rule to reject inventions that defy the laws of physics.
The new shape of music: Music has its own geometry, researchers find
Apr 17, 2008 |
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The connection between music and mathematics has fascinated scholars for centuries. More than 200 years ago Pythagoras reportedly discovered that pleasing musical intervals could be described using simple ...
