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Clarke clarifies pattern recognition theory of humour

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Recent commentary has suggested that the extent to which anomaly theories have become ingrained in the minds of academics and popular commentators alike has led to certain common assumptions and misconceptions about Clarke's pattern recognition theory of humour. ...





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Diabetes cases to double and costs to triple by 2034

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In the next 25 years, the number of Americans living with diabetes will nearly double, increasing from 23.7 million in 2009 to 44.1 million in 2034. Over the same period, spending on diabetes will almost triple, rising from ...


Workplace literacy schemes are too short to improve skills

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The five billion pound Skills for Life programme is based on the assumption that an improvement in literacy and numeracy will increase people's earning potential, as well as their productivity and employability. However, ...


Strategic management theory offers fresh take on the economic crisis

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

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 ...


Additive copper-zinc interaction affects toxic response in soybean

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Agricultural soils accumulate trace metals, particularly copper and zinc, as a result of their presence in wastes (sewage biosolids and manures) and fungicides that are applied over long periods of time. Regulations and guidelines ...


Electronic Arts acquires Playfish for $275 million

Technology / Business

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- As its packaged video games business lags, Electronic Arts Inc. has snapped up Playfish Inc., the creator of popular social networking games such as "Who Has the Biggest Brain" and "Pet Society," for $275 million ...


What computer science can teach economics

What computer science can teach economics

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer scientists have spent decades developing techniques for answering a single question: How long does a given calculation take to perform? Constantinos Daskalakis, an assistant professor ...


Starring Intelligent Aliens

Starring Intelligent Aliens

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (10) | comments 7

The most probable place to find intelligent life in the galaxy is around stars very similar to our sun, a new study has found.


Bacteria expect the unexpected

Bacteria expect the unexpected: Scientists observe the emergence of a new adaptation strategy

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Organisms ensure the survival of their species by genetically adapting to the environment. If environmental conditions change too rapidly, the extinction of a species may be the consequence. A strategy to ...


What is unique in the brain of an Arabic speaker?

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 1

Literary Arabic is expressed in the brain of an Arabic speaker as a second language and not as a native language. This has been shown in a new study by Dr. Raphiq Ibrahim of the Edmond J. Safra Brain Research Center for the ...


Imaging cuts in Medicare fee schedule: An access catastrophe and danger to patients

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Medical imaging cuts contained in the 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule will restrict life-saving imaging care to large hospitals, produce longer commutes and wait times to receive care, and cause life threatening delays ...



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