Search results for myths
The new myths of gifted education (w/ Podcast)
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 02, 2009 |
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More than 25 years after myths about gifted education were first explored, they are all still with us and new ones have been added, according to research published in the current Gifted Child Quarterly (GCQ), the official journa ...
Heard the one about flu and warm weather?
Jan 12, 2007 |
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Many people miss the point about remedies and realities during the cold and flu season, doctors around the United States say.
More medical myths: Turkey doesn't make you tired?
Jan 07, 2009 |
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What if someone told you turkey doesn't make you tired, or that you nails really don't keep growing after you die?
Marketing the South: Commercial mythmaking and reshaping of popular memories
Jan 08, 2008 |
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The historical, competitive, and ideological factors that structure the practices of commercial mythmaking remain largely unexplored and undertheorized. Now, a study from the February 2008 issue of the Journal of Consumer Re ...
IU national survey finds majority of Americans believe 'myths' about health care reform
Aug 24, 2009 |
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Do Americans believe controversial assertions about health care reform including death panels, threats to Medicare, abortions, illegal immigrants, and other claims which the White House have labeled as untrue "myths?"
NASA on crusade to debunk 2012 apocalypse myths
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 09, 2009 |
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The world is not coming to an end on December 21, 2012, the US space agency insisted Monday in a rare campaign to dispel widespread rumors fueled by the Internet and a new Hollywood movie.
Juggling Video Highlights Breast Cancer Screening
Oct 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Playing by Air Productions, a Nashville-based entertainment company, has teamed up with Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center to create a new video aimed at busting a common myth about breast cancer risk and reminding ...
Preventing colds: Washing your hands is more effective than taking vitamins
Oct 09, 2008 |
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The days are getting shorter, temperatures are dropping, and the cold and flu season is beginning. Many people have started taking vitamin C tablets as a precautionary measure. But research has shown that vitamin supplements ...
Medical myths for the holiday season: True, false or unproven?
Dec 18, 2008 |
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Does sugar make kids hyperactive? Do we lose most of our body heat through our head? Will eating at night make you fat? Do suicides increase over the holidays? Are poinsettias toxic? Hangovers cures, do they ...
Myths might be related to earthquakes
Jul 12, 2005 |
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Researchers say northwestern Native American myths of two-headed serpents and epic battles between Thunderbird and Whale are rooted in seismic history.
Debunking myths about warm-ups, eggs
May 29, 2009 |
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There are so many things to worry about these days. Wouldn't it be nice to cross something off the list? Turns out you can. Researchers have been busy debunking some common medical myths that have been repeated so many times, ...
Busted: Student Disproves Popular Emergency Room Myth
Jun 08, 2009 |
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Like the emergency room seen each week on ER, emergency departments in Canada increasingly seem overcrowded and chaotic. Emergency department overcrowding has been a pressing issue across the country for the last two decades. ...
Pulling the plug on hybrid myths
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether you call them myths, urban legends, fables or old wives' tales, there's a lot of misinformation out there about plug-in electric hybrid vehicles. These vehicles, abbreviated PHEVs, ...
Absinthe uncorked: The 'Green Fairy' was boozy -- but not psychedelic
Apr 29, 2008 |
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A new study may end the century-old controversy over what ingredient in absinthe caused the exotic green aperitif’s supposed mind-altering effects and toxic side-effects when consumed to excess. In the most ...
Coal gasification -- myths, challenges and opportunities
Feb 15, 2008 |
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There is a growing consensus that increased demand for electricity will cement coal’s place in the energy portfolio for years to come. In fact, more than half of the electricity produced in the United States ...
