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Putting financial tools to use against climate change

sb — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:37:11 +0000

A tool commonly used by financial strategists to determine what shares to purchase to create a diversified stock portfolio was [...]

When, where and how wood is used impacts carbons emissions

sb — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:35:52 +0000

How wood is used after it is cleared from a forest and where that forest is located largely affects the [...]

Tracking endangered elephants with satellite technology

sb — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:34:42 +0000

A hundred years ago wild elephants on the Malay Peninsular could be counted in their thousands — now there are [...]

Social media put women at center of Arab Spring uprisings

sb — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:33:05 +0000

Over the course of 2011’s momentous Arab Spring uprisings, young women in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Bahrain and Yemen used social [...]

A robot learns how to tidy up after you

sb — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:29:21 +0000

Sooner than you think, we may have robots to tidy up our homes. Researchers in Cornell’s Personal Robotics Lab have [...]

Human testing to start on anti-Alzheimer’s drug

sb — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:28:22 +0000

After an announcement by federal officials approving clinical trials for the drug Crenezumab, researchers searching for a way to treat [...]

Hunter-Gatherers, Foragers Have Low Hypertension, Risk of Heart Disease

sb — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:27:24 +0000

While age-related increases in blood pressure –– and the associated risk of atherosclerosis –– are commonplace in the United States, [...]

Not a one-way street: Evolution shapes environment of Connecticut lakes

sb — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:25:01 +0000

Environmental change is the selective force that preserves adaptive traits in organisms and is a primary driver of evolution. However, [...]

Well-connected brains make you smarter in older age

sb — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:18:50 +0000

Brains that maintain healthy nerve connections as we age help keep us sharp in later life, new research funded by [...]

Infant bodies absorb phthalates in floors

sb — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:18:12 +0000

A new study at Karlstad University in Sweden shows that phthalates from PVC flooring materials is taken up by our [...]

Economic power of self-employment felt countywide

sb — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:17:05 +0000

People in rural counties who work for themselves may add a boost to local economies, improving income and job growth, [...]

How to keep a Mars tumbleweed rover moving on rocky terrain

sb — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:16:27 +0000

New research from North Carolina State University shows that a wind-driven “tumbleweed” Mars rover would be capable of moving across [...]

The older we get, the less we know (cosmologically)

sb — Wed, 23 May 2012 12:00:47 +0000

The universe is a marvelously complex place, filled with galaxies and larger-scale structures that have evolved over its 13.7-billion-year history. [...]

Dollars and sense: Why are some people morally against tax?

sb — Wed, 23 May 2012 12:00:18 +0000

As the U.S. presidential election campaigns heat up, the economic debate is dominated by bailouts, austerity and, inevitably, taxation. Now [...]

Science starts to explain Fat Bastard’s vicious cycle

sb — Wed, 23 May 2012 11:57:27 +0000

Fat Bastard’s revelation “I eat because I’m depressed and I’m depressed because I eat” in the Austin Powers film series [...]