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Public opinion a good predictor of terror attacks: study

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Public opinion polls are good predictors of terrorist attacks, according to a study published Thursday which argues that terrorists do not act independently of their countrymen's attitudes.


A bright future with solar lanterns for India's poor

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (19) | comments 0

Solar energy has the potential to improve the living conditions of poor rural households in India as well as contribute to the country's future energy security, according to Professor Govindasamy Agoramoorthy from Tajen University, ...





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Adding technology to geometry class improves opportunities to learn

Adding technology to geometry class improves opportunities to learn

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created 5 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study co-written by a University of Illinois expert in math education suggests that incorporating technology in high school-level geometry classes not only makes the teaching of concepts such as congruency ...


The importance of attractiveness depends on where you live

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created 6 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Do good-looking people really benefit from their looks, and in what ways? A team of researchers from the University of Georgia and the University of Kansas found that yes; attractive people do tend to have more social relationships ...


Story of 4.5 million-year-old whale unveiled in Huelva

Story of 4.5 million-year-old whale unveiled in Huelva

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created 7 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In 2006, a team of Spanish and American researchers found the fossil remains of a whale, 4.5 million years old, in Bonares, Huelva. Now they have published, for the first time, the results of the decay and ...


Scientists Investigate Cause of 'Singing Dunes'

Scientists Investigate Cause of 'Singing Dunes'

Physics / General Physics

created 8 hours ago | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- In more than 30 locations around the world, the phenomenon of singing sand dunes has intrigued explorers, tourists, and scientists. When an avalanche occurs or even when the sand is pushed ...


Obesity epidemic taking root in Africa

Medicine & Health / Health

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The urban poor in sub-Saharan Africa are the latest victims of the obesity epidemic. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health claim that overweight and obesity are on the increase among this group. ...


Studies quantify radiation doses, cancer risks from CT scans

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Doses of radiation from commonly performed computed tomography (CT) scans vary widely, appear higher than generally believed and may contribute to an estimated tens of thousands of future cancer cases, according to two reports ...


Teen marijuana use tilts up, while some drugs decline in use

Medicine & Health / Health

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Marijuana use among American adolescents has increased gradually over the past two years (three years among 12th-graders) following years of declining use, according to the latest Monitoring the Future study, ...


Smoking continues gradual decline among U.S. teens, smokeless tobacco threatens a comeback

Medicine & Health / Health

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Teen smoking reached its recent peak levels around 1996 and 1997, followed by a sharp decline for about six years and a continued more gradual decline ever since, according to the latest Monitoring the Future ...


Going underground for a climate solution

Going underground for a climate solution

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created 23 hours ago | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hoping to help fix the Earth's atmosphere, Catherine Peters recently found herself 4,100 feet underground.


Ending the cycle of poverty

Ending the cycle of poverty

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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(PhysOrg.com) -- While many academically talented high-school students in Providence, Rhode Island, are figuring out what outfit to wear to school on a particular day, other top grade-earners are busily getting ...



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