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Public expresses need for government intervention to reduce socio-economic disparities in health
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 15, 2009 |
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As Congress debates the public health care option, a recent study reveals greater public support for reducing health care disparities among socio-economic groups (i.e. by income or education) than among racial groups. The ...
How a simple mathematic formula is starting to explain the bizarre prevalence of altruism in society
Jul 18, 2008 |
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Why do humans cooperate in things as diverse as environment conservation or the creation of fairer societies, even when they don’t receive anything in exchange or, worst, they might even be penalized?
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The upside of feeling down
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
8 hours ago |
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A chill wind chases you into the door of your local newsagent. Rain is drumming down outside. As you pay for your newspaper, you briefly notice a number of strange items on the checkout counter - a matchbox ...
The bizarre lives of bone-eating worms
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The females of the recently discovered Osedax marine worms feast on submerged bones via a complex relationship with symbiotic bacteria, and they are turning out to be far more diverse and widespread than scientists expected. ...
Mood improves on low-fat, but not low-carb, diet plan
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After one year, a low-calorie, low-fat diet appears more beneficial to dieters' mood than a low-carbohydrate plan with the same number of calories, according to a report in the November 9 issue of Archives of Internal Me ...
Google ordered to pay 500,000 dlrs to F1 racer Barrichello
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Internet giant Google has been ordered to pay 500,000 dollars in damages to Formula 1 racer Rubens Barrichello for hosting fake online profiles of him on its social network Orkut.
EA posts 2Q loss, cutting 17 pct. of work force
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(AP) -- Electronic Arts plans to cut its work force by 17 percent as it tries to align its business with a transforming video game industry.
Words, gestures are translated by same brain regions, says new research
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
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Your ability to make sense of Groucho's words and Harpo's pantomimes in an old Marx Brothers movie takes place in the same regions of your brain, says new research funded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication ...
Tagged.com settles with NY, Texas in invite fight
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(AP) -- The social networking site Tagged.com has adopted reforms on the use of invitation e-mails after an attorney general alleged that the Web site essentially stole the identities of some 60 million Internet users.
Electronic Arts acquires Playfish for $275 million
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(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 ...
Studies show marine reserves can be an effective tool for managing fisheries
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Studies conducted in California and elsewhere provide support for the use of marine reserves as a tool for managing fisheries and protecting marine habitats, according to biologists at the University of California, Santa ...
Researchers complete draft genome sequence for cassava
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A team of academic, government and industry researchers has completed a first draft of the cassava (Manihot esculenta) genome. The project is an important first step in accelerating the pace of research on this subsistence ...
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