News tagged with winter sessions
Colleges expand summer sessions
Summer session -- once a relatively small piece of the academic calendar -- is now a full-blown term for most colleges and universities, with more offerings, more students and more of an expectation that you can't graduate ...
Jun 19, 2009 |
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More than a sign of sleepiness, yawning may cool the brain
Though considered a mark of boredom or fatigue, yawning might also be a trait of the hot-headed. Literally.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 19, 2011 |
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Look, up in the sky - it's Aeroecology
There are ecologists who study land, and ecologists who study the ocean -- but who looks up and studies the air that circles the entire planet? Until recently, not many.
Aug 24, 2011 |
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A new kind of carbon explorer rides out the storm
Carbon Explorer floats follow ocean currents, yo-yoing back and forth in the first kilometer below the surface of the sea, then resurfacing to report their data and receive new instructions via satellite. ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 02, 2011 |
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Teaching the neurons to meditate
In the late 1990s, Jane Anderson was working as a landscape architect. That meant she didn't work much in the winter, and she struggled with seasonal affective disorder in the dreary Minnesota winter months. ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 07, 2011 |
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Can't ban violent video sales to kids, court says
(AP) -- States cannot ban the sale or rental of ultraviolent video games to children, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, rejecting such limits as a violation of young people's First Amendment rights and leaving ...
Jun 27, 2011 |
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Could the Internet spell the end of snow days?
(AP) -- Could the Internet mean the end of snow days? Some schools think so, and they are experimenting with ways for students to do lessons online during bad weather, potentially allowing classes to go on ...
May 18, 2011 |
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Sky's no limit in high-аlying goose chase
Jessica Meir turns around and looks at the gaggle of geese behind her and asks "Are you guys ready?"
Apr 14, 2011 |
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Minister: China pollution remains 'very serious'
(AP) -- Pollution in China remains very serious as the country's rapid economic growth brings on new environmental problems, with nearly 1,000 contamination incidents in the last five years, a minister said Saturday.
Mar 12, 2011 |
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Sedatives used to free whale from fishing line
(AP) -- Researchers have a new tactic to save endangered whales tangled in fishing line: Get them to calm down with sedatives shot from a dart gun so they can pull closer and cut the potentially fatal gear ...
Jan 28, 2011 |
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Wildlife biologists use dogs' scat-sniffing talents for good
It will come as no surprise to dog owners that their four-legged friends have a flair for sniffing out the excrement of other animals. Now, biologists at the University of California, Berkeley, have trained ...
Jan 11, 2011 |
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