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Study: States need economic freedom to benefit from natural resources

Other Sciences / Economics

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- States with small governments, low taxes and labor market freedom enjoy greater benefits from natural resource development than states with large and intrusive government policies, according to a new study ...


Deep sea corals may be oldest living marine organism

Deep sea corals may be oldest living marine organism

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Deep-sea corals from about 400 meters off the coast of the Hawaiian Islands are much older than once believed and some may be the oldest living marine organisms known to man.





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Growth in German children

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

German children are taller than 30 years ago, but the increase in height observed during the last century has become slower.


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Galactic Colonization Limited By The Inability To Expand Exponentially

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (50) | comments 92

(PhysOrg.com) -- For more than 50 years, many have taken the so-called Fermi Paradox to indicate that the existence of intelligent alien civilizations is an impossibility. However, a recent re-examination ...


Patches of burnt grass are seen in a tree forest in the Ugandan north-eastern plains

Uganda forests rapidly disappearing: study

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Uganda has lost nearly a third of its forest cover since 1990 due to expanding farmlands, a rapidly growing human population and increased urbanisation, a government report said on Friday.


Study looks at effect of high foreclosure rates on local tax bases

Other Sciences / Economics

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Foreclosed homes and unsustainable growth can wreck the tax base of local governments. That’s the warning being issued by Auburn University’s Center for Governmental Services following its study of newly ...


PC sales down 2.4 pct in second quarter: IDC

Technology / Business

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Worldwide sales of personal computers fell 2.4 percent in the second quarter and declined by 19.1 percent in value, market research firm IDC reported Wednesday.


Hormone clue to root growth

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Plant roots provide the crops we eat with water, nutrients and anchorage. Understanding how roots grow and how hormones control that growth is crucial to improving crop yields, which will be necessary to ...


Brown economists measure GDP growth from outer space

Brown economists measure GDP growth from outer space

Other Sciences / Economics

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Outer space offers a new perspective for measuring economic growth, according to new research by three Brown University economists. In a National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, J. Vernon Henderson, ...


White matter changes may predict dementia risk

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Elderly people with no memory or thinking problems are more likely to later develop thinking problems if they have a growing amount of "brain rust," or small areas of brain damage, according to a study published in the July ...


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Australian population growth fastest for 50 years: data

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created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Australia's population grew at its fastest rate in 50 years in the 12 months to March thanks to a surge in migrant numbers, official figures showed Tuesday.


Employer-sponsored health insurance premiums projected to double by 2020

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nationally, family premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance increased 119 percent between 1999 and 2008, and could increase another 94 percent to an average $23,842 per family by 2020 if cost growth continues on its ...



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