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Study Demonstrates How We Support Our False Beliefs

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 21, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (39) | comments 121

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a study published in the most recent issue of the journal Sociological Inquiry, sociologists from four major research institutions focus on one of the most curious aspects of the 2004 presidential electi ...


UH sociologist has different perspective on obesity 'epidemic'

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created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Headlines tell us the nation is getting fatter, and that obesity has become an epidemic. But there is more to the story, according to one University of Houston sociologist.





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FTC expands Intel anti-competition probe, sources say

Technology / Business

created 19 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The Federal Trade Commission has broadened its investigation of Santa Clara, Calif., chipmaker Intel beyond the company's competition with Advanced Micro Devices to include at least one other Silicon Valley company, Nvidia, ...


UK University to probe integrity of climate data

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 5

(AP) -- A British university said Thursday it would investigate whether scientists at its prestigious Climatic Research Unit fudged data on global warming.


Mad as hell? New discoveries about the experience of anger

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Younger people, those with children and less-educated individuals are more likely to experience anger, according to new UofT research that examines one of the most common negative emotions in society.


Senators press EU to speed its Oracle-Sun probe

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created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- U.S. senators are pressuring European antitrust regulators to hurry their investigation of Oracle Corp.'s proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc., citing Sun's "precarious" financial condition and fears about ...


Schizophrenia gene's role may be broader, more potent, than thought

Medicine & Health / Research

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- UCSF scientists studying nerve cells in fruit flies have uncovered a new function for a gene whose human equivalent may play a critical role in schizophrenia.


Creation of new school districts in US may cause a new form of segregation

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created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Although the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 overturned segregation within many U.S. metropolitan communities and districts, school districts were slow to change and have remained segregated between districts. ...


iPhone manufacturer Apple insists there is no evidence of a design flaw

French iPhone user seeks probe into 'explosion'

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

A French businessman who claims the screen of his iPhone shattered spontaneously has asked a court to appoint an independent expert to investigate the device's safety, his lawyer said on Friday.


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Xbox Live boots pirate videogame players; will link to Twitter, Facebook, Last.fm

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created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Microsoft said Thursday that its Xbox 360 videogame console will be able to link online starting next week with Twitter and Facebook along with Internet radio star Last.fm.


The new myths of gifted education (w/ Podcast)

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created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

More than 25 years after myths about gifted education were first explored, they are all still with us and new ones have been added, according to research published in the current Gifted Child Quarterly (GCQ), the official journa ...


Google Voice service blocks fewer than 100 numbers

Technology / Internet

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Google Inc. says its free messaging and calling service, Google Voice, blocks calls to fewer than 100 phone numbers likely to be adult chat lines and free conference call services.



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