News tagged with athletic achievement
Classical ideas endure in modern digital culture: study
Computer enhanced images surround us. Flip through any magazine or catch a current film and you will find scores of digitally enhanced images that serve as ideals. According to Radio and Television Arts professor ...
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Aug 31, 2011 |
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Scientific research indicates human athletic performance has peaked
It merited only a few paragraphs inside newspaper sports sections. Crystal Cox, a member of the gold-medal-winning U.S. women's 1,600-meter relay team in the 2004 Athens Olympics, had admitted to using a performance-enhancing ...
Feb 18, 2010 |
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Coaches can shape young athletes' definition of success
Young athletes' achievement goals can change in a healthy way over the course of a season when their coaches create a mastery motivational climate rather than an ego orientation, University of Washington sport psychologists ...
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Nov 17, 2009 |
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Dragon arrives at space station in historic 1st (Update 2)
The privately bankrolled Dragon capsule made a historic arrival at the International Space Station on Friday, triumphantly captured by astronauts wielding a giant robot arm.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 25, 2012 |
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Dragon makes history with space station docking
The private company SpaceX made history Friday with the docking of its Dragon capsule to the International Space Station, the most impressive feat yet in turning routine spaceflight over to the commercial ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 25, 2012 |
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How Usain Bolt can run faster -- effortlessly
Usain Bolt can achieve faster running times with no extra effort on his part or improvement to his fitness, according to a study published today in Significance, the magazine of the Royal Statistical Society and the Americ ...
Apr 04, 2012 |
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Skydiver aims to jump from 23 miles, go supersonic (Update 2)
"Fearless Felix" Baumgartner has jumped 2,500 times from planes and helicopters, as well as some of the highest landmarks and skyscrapers on the planet - the Christ the Redeemer statue overlooking Rio de Janeiro, ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 15, 2012 |
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iPad dispute signals new era in trademark troubles
(AP) -- iPotato, isock, icouch, istove, i-you-name-it. An Internet search for "i" words from A to Z will turn up just about any combination you might think up, from all over the world, only a handful of them ...
Mar 06, 2012 |
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Hail to the geeks
Basketball dominates the American sports landscape in March. So perhaps it’s fitting that the sixth annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, held Friday and Saturday in Boston, heavily showcased ...
Mar 06, 2012 |
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Fitness products galore at gadget show
If your New Year's resolution was to get more exercise and you're slipping already how about a digital personal trainer?
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 13, 2012 |
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Football team success throws fall grades of non-athletic college males for a loss
(PhysOrg.com) -- College football bowl season is in prime time, and a new report card is in: Male grades drop relative to female grades when their college football team performs well during the regular season.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Dec 30, 2011 |
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Math ability is inborn
We accept that some people are born with a talent for music or art or athletics. But what about mathematics? Do some of us just arrive in the world with better math skills than others?
Aug 08, 2011 |
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It's not what you do, it's the way that you do it
Scientists have shown that soccer players with superior ability in areas such as passing accuracy or sprint speed do not necessarily achieve better overall performance on the pitch.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 01, 2011 |
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