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Soccer study finds 93 percent of fans would support openly gay players
There are over 500,000 professional footballers, yet openly gay players appear almost entirely absent. It is often claimed that the problem lies with an intolerant fan culture, but a new study reveals that 93% of football ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 31, 2012 |
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Americans support national clean-energy standard: study
The average U.S. citizen is willing to pay 13 percent more for electricity in support of a national clean-energy standard (NCES), according to Yale and Harvard researchers in Nature Climate Change.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 13, 2012 |
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A camera that peers around corners (w/ video)
In December, MIT Media Lab researchers caused a stir by releasing a slow-motion video of a burst of light traveling the length of a plastic bottle. But the experimental setup that enabled that video was des ...
Mar 20, 2012 |
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Flying robots swoop and swarm as a team
Tech-savvy TED-goers watched in wonder as flying robots darted through tossed hoops, worked together in swarms and even formed a band to play trademark "James Bond" film theme music.
Mar 03, 2012 |
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Spain the dunces in international science test
Spaniards came bottom of the class in an 11-nation science test and nearly half of them could not name a single important scientist in history, a survey showed Tuesday.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 08, 2012 |
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Team robot: Autonomous vehicles collaborate to explore, map buildings
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a project sponsored by the Army Research Laboratory, researchers are giving autonomous robots the ability to work together to explore and map the interiors of buildings. Beyond soldiers, ...
May 16, 2011 |
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Radio waves 'see' through walls (w/ Video)
University of Utah engineers showed that a wireless network of radio transmitters can track people moving behind solid walls. The system could help police, firefighters and others nab intruders, and rescue ...
Oct 12, 2009 |
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On Facebook, beauty is more than screen deep
Having attractive friends will make you more popular on Facebook, especially if you are a woman, according to a new study that takes Charles Darwin into the domain of cyber networking.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 23, 2012 |
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High-tech robotic spider for hazardous missions
Spiders are very agile, and some can even jump. They owe this capability to their hydraulically operated limbs. Researchers have now designed a mobile robot modeled on the same principle that moves spider ...
Nov 03, 2011 |
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Want your enemies to trust you? Put on your baby face
Do baby-faced opponents have a better chance of gaining your trust? By subtly altering fictional politicians' faces, researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem examined whether minor changes in appearance ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Women use strategies to overcome discrimination in large law firms
(Phys.org) -- Women and people from ethnic minorities have to employ special strategies to overcome institutional discrimination when working in large law firms.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 13, 2012 |
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Study reveals cultural characteristics of the Tea Party movement
American voters sympathetic to the Tea Party movement reflect four primary cultural and political beliefs more than other voters do: authoritarianism, libertarianism, fear of change, and negative attitudes toward immigrants ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 22, 2011 |
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Migrant women adapt in economic crises
With the global recession and the food price spike of 2008, one would expect migrants to be particularly affected, but a recent University of Illinois study revealed migrants in at least one Central Illinois county to be ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Apr 12, 2012 |
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When does planning NOT help consumers gain self-control?
Planning your diet won't really help you gain self-control unless you're feeling good about your weight in the first place, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. And the same goes for saving money. ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 15, 2012 |
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The work-life integration overload: Thousands of researchers weigh in on outmoded work environments
Attracting workers into science and technology fields could be hampered by work-life integration issues according to a new international survey. Drawing data from 4,225 publishing scientists and researchers worldwide, the ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 08, 2012 |
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