New research review finds scant evidence for the widespread belief that attending a "top tier" college leads to success in school and in life.
Education
Oct 4, 2018
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Current systems for ranking the best batsmen in test cricket have been bowled out by a new study.
Mathematics
Oct 2, 2018
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Anyone who shops online is familiar with those 'top-rated' products or services that rise to the top of their search on e-commerce intermediary sites like Amazon or Expedia. So, do those rankings really help those products ...
Economics & Business
Jul 11, 2018
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Toyota has four of the 10 vehicles on Consumer Reports' annual top picks, the most of any brand.
Business
Feb 22, 2018
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Dominant male pheasants learn faster than their downtrodden rivals, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Feb 14, 2018
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College rankings dominate the conversation regarding quality in postsecondary education, but new research from Binghamton University, State University of New York reveals that rankings have little to no relationship to student ...
Social Sciences
Jan 10, 2018
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Toyota Motor Co. is continuing its reign at the top of Consumer Reports' reliability rankings, a reward for its conservative approach to new technology.
Business
Oct 19, 2017
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Having strong social connections has many benefits, from splitting the tab on a pizza to having someone with whom to binge watch Netflix. But for rhesus macaque monkeys at the California National Primate Research Center (CNPRC) ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 20, 2016
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A Chinese supercomputer has topped a list of the world's fastest computers for the seventh straight year—and for the first time the winner uses only Chinese-designed processors instead of U.S. technology.
Hardware
Jun 20, 2016
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Politicians, policymakers, urban planners, real-estate developers and corporate executives pay close attention to city liveability rankings. The global urban elite sees these as measures of the metropolitan "good". Yet, as ...
Environment
Jun 14, 2016
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