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Stanford's Dostoevsky biographer concludes acclaimed series
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Everything was silent in St. Petersburg's Semenovsky Square. On the cold December day in 1849, the snow fell softly on the soldiers, on the crowd and on the ragged prisoners who unexpectedly found themselves blinking at the ...
Chilean eruption highlights risk from 'rhyolitic' volcanoes
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Magma from a Chilean volcano shot through Earth's crust at around a metre (3.25 feet) per second, a speed highlighting the perils from so-called rhyolitic volcanoes, scientists reported on Wednesday.
Economists say copyright and patent laws are killing innovation; hurting economy
Mar 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Abolishing patent and copyright laws sounds radical, but two economists at Washington University in St. Louis say it's an idea whose time has come. Michele Boldrin and David K. Levine see innovation as a ...
New direction in teaching computer science emphasizes activity, interaction, critique
Feb 24, 2009 |
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Contrary to the words of a popular song, there is such a thing as the real world. Computer science faculty at Washington University in St. Louis are exposing their undergraduate students to learning in ways that prepare ...
Team confirms Alps-like mountain range under East Antarctic Ice Sheet
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Flying twin-engine light aircraft the equivalent of several trips around the globe and establishing a network of seismic instruments across an area the size of Texas, a U.S.-led, international ...
Cancer recurrence fears 'overlooked'
Feb 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The anxiety of cancer returning is often overlooked by both patients and medics, according to leading experts in the disease.
Discovery could lead to better rice yields
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Feb 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Building on plant virus research started more than 20 years ago, a biologist at Washington University in St. Louis and his a colleague at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis ...
How gorilla gestures point to evolution of human language
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Feb 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of St Andrews have discovered that gorillas have a more extensive repertoire of gestures than any other mammal.
What are you looking at?
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Feb 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Why do we look when another person looks? Are we looking for objects of interest or perhaps a warning of impending danger? Or are we just plain nosey? Human tendency to follow another person's ...
Putting off the perfect putt?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Thinking about your putting technique in between shots can make you play worse, not better, according to a new report by scientists.
Readers build vivid mental simulations of narrative situations, brain scans suggest
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new brain-imaging study is shedding light on what it means to "get lost" in a good book — suggesting that readers create vivid mental simulations of the sounds, sights, tastes and movements ...
Rising sea threatens coastline
Jan 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Experts at The University of Manchester are to produce a detailed picture of the public’s views on the uncertain future of a 250-mile-stretch of coastline.
Women know bonnie babies best
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- St Andrews researchers may finally have found the reason why women are more likely to coo over babies than men.
Biblical diet 'unhealthy'
Jan 13, 2009 |
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A new study into the diet of ancient Israel has revealed that far from being 'the land of milk and honey', its inhabitants suffered from the lack of a balanced diet.
Study: When local revenue falls, traffic citations go up
Jan 12, 2009 |
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