News tagged with list
Study: How restaurants reap higher wine sales
Dec 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A Cornell study has identified four strategies that restaurants use to reap higher wine sales: including the wine list on the food menu and listing prices without a dollar sign.
Feds give sea otters habitat protection in Alaska
Oct 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Four years after being placed on the Endangered Species List, the dwindling sea otters of southwest Alaska on Wednesday were given an important recovery tool.
Putting math problems in proper order
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Mathematics is driven by the quest to solve problems and today the American Institute of Mathematics (AIM) announces a new tool to help attack those questions. Research problems can take decades or centuries to answer, with ...
Chain results in 10 kidney swaps among strangers
Mar 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- When Matthew Jones decided to donate a kidney to a stranger, the Michigan father of five had no idea he'd be starting a lifesaving, "pay it forward" chain. His kidney donation to a Phoenix woman in ...
Over 17,000 species threatened by extinction
Nov 02, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A rare Panamanian tree frog, a rodent from Madagascar and two lizards found only in the Philippines are among over 17,000 species threatened with extinction, a leading environmental group said Tuesday.
Over 1,000 fish species 'threatened with extinction'
Nov 03, 2009 |
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More than 1,000 freshwater fish species are threatened with extinction, reflecting the strain on global water resources, an updated global "Red List" of endangered species showed Tuesday.
Wolf hunt is on in Idaho -- for now (Update)
Sep 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The first public wolf hunt in decades in the lower 48 states is off to a slow start.
Litter of lynx kittens heartens Colo. biologists
Jun 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The discovery of 10 lynx kittens this spring marks the first newborns documented in Colorado since 2006, heartening biologists overseeing restoration of the mountain feline.
As West warms, some fear for tiny mountain dweller
Apr 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The American pika - a short-legged, hamster-sized fur ball that huddles in high mountain slopes - isn't built for long-distance travel.
Web site design affects how children process information
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 14, 2009 |
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Tacoma, WA - January 14, 2009 -A new study in the journal Psychology & Marketing investigates the influence of website design on children's information processing. Results show that the type of interface used can significantly affect ...
Women double fruit, veggie intake with switch to Mediterranean diet plan
Dec 17, 2008 |
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In a new study led by the University of Michigan Health System, women more than doubled their fruit and vegetable intakes and dramatically increased their consumption of "good" fats when they were counseled by registered ...
The Medical Minute: Talk about prescriptions
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 28, 2009 |
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Look in your wallet, purse, personal digital assistant or smart phone and you probably have a list of names, phone numbers and addresses. You might even have a file for your passwords or important account numbers, birthdays ...
In NYC, cash and connections can get you a kidney
Aug 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- For most of the thousands of Americans who need a new kidney, there are only two ways to go: persuade a friend or relative to donate, or get on the transplant waiting list.
Twitter user list favors Dems in Calif. gov race
Oct 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- When people sign up for Twitter, the popular social-networking site presents a list of suggested users to follow, driving significant traffic to sports figures, celebrities, politicians and other prominent posters.
'Opt out' system could solve donor organ shortage, says researcher
Oct 31, 2008 |
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A system of presumed consent for organ donation - where people have to opt out of donating their organs when they die - is the best way to tackle a growing waiting list for transplant.
