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The psychology of deja vu
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 18, 2008 |
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All of us have experienced being in a new place and feeling certain that we have been there before. This mysterious feeling, commonly known as déjà vu, occurs when we feel that a new situation is familiar, even if there is ...
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Lack of retail grocery competition impacts Australians' health
Oct 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Limited competition in the grocery sector could be having a serious effect on public health, according to a University of Queensland study published today in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public ...
Spirit rover's wheels stuck in soft Martian dirt
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The five wheels that still rotate on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit have been slipping severely in soft soil during recent attempts to drive, sinking the wheels about halfway into the ...
New test for detecting fake organic milk
Mar 02, 2009 |
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Scientists in Germany are reporting development of a new, more effective method to determine whether milk marketed as "organic" is genuine or just ordinary milk mislabeled to hoodwink consumers. Their report ...
Human vaccine against bird flu a reality with new discovery
Mar 02, 2009 |
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A vaccine to protect humans from a bird flu pandemic is within reach after a new discovery by researchers at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Just in the time for holiday shoppers: Personal finance professor offers advice on breaking credit addiction
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An October survey of 3,800 consumers by the National Foundation for Credit Counseling found that more than two thirds (68 percent) planned to pay in cash for their holiday purchases this year, ...
When 2 + 2 = major anxiety: Math performance in stressful situations
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 09, 2008 |
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Imagine you are sitting in the back of a classroom, daydreaming about the weekend. Then, out of nowhere, the teacher calls upon you to come to the front the room and solve a math problem. In front of everyone. If just reading ...
Intelligent Traffic System Predicts Future Traffic Flow on Multiple Roads
Oct 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In urban areas, there’s almost always more than one way to get somewhere, but often it’s difficult to predict which road will be fastest. In an attempt to improve traffic flow and decrease ...
Families are feeling the stress of economic crisis, researcher finds
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 12, 2009 |
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There is no question that the recent economic crisis has wreaked havoc on companies and on families across the country. Now, a recent study of 300 married, working couples conducted by Wayne Hochwarter, the Jim Moran Professor ...
Sociologist Says This Month's Family Murder-Suicides Only 'the Tip of the Iceberg'
Jan 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A family sociologist at the University at Buffalo says this month's murder-suicides involving a family of four in Ohio and a family of five in California may be "just the tip of the iceberg."
If not for the Holocaust, there could have been 32 million Jews in the world today
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 22, 2009 |
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If it were not for the Holocaust, the number of Jews in the world would likely today be at least 26 million, and perhaps even as much as 32 million, says Prof. Sergio DellaPergola of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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