News tagged with statistical sampling
Racial profiling to limit terror attacks is fundamentally flawed: statistician
Stop using racial profiling, says Professor William Press from the University of Texas at Austin. He claims that as well as being politically and ethically questionable, racial profiling does no better in helping law enforcement ...
Nov 18, 2010 |
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Researchers develop accurate way to predict the age when women will hit the menopause
Researchers have developed a way of accurately predicting when women will hit the menopause using a simple blood test. The average difference between the predicted age and the actual age that the women in their study reached ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 27, 2010 |
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Why Men Rank Higher than Women at Chess (It's Not Biological)
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the recorded history of chess, world champions have always been male, not female. Further, there is currently only one woman in the top 100 chess players in the world. Because chess is ...
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Wishbones give insight into prehistoric flight
(Phys.org) -- A new study comparing birds’ wishbones has found prehistoric birds that disappeared 65 million years ago may have employed different flight styles to their modern-day counterparts.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 31, 2012 |
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The secret to good tomato chemistry
There is nothing better than a ripe, red, homegrown tomato, and now researchers reporting online on May 24 in Current Biology have figured out just what it is that makes some of them so awfully good (and your average superm ...
May 24, 2012 |
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Psychologists examine how race affects juvenile sentencing
When it comes to holding children accountable for crimes they commit, race matters.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 24, 2012 |
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Geological record shows air up there came from below
(Phys.org) -- The influence of the ground beneath us on the air around us could be greater than scientists had previously thought, according to new research that links the long-ago proliferation of oxygen ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 23, 2012 |
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Two new excited states of the Lambda-b beauty particle observed by LHCb
In beautiful agreement with the Standard Model, two new excited states of the Λb beauty particle have just been observed by the LHCb Collaboration. Similarly to protons and neutrons, Λb is composed of three qua ...
May 17, 2012 |
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For highly educated women, families are an increasingly popular option
An increasing number of highly educated women are opting for families, according to a national study co-authored by a University at Buffalo economist.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 15, 2012 |
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New approach to 'spell checking' gene sequences
(Phys.org) -- A PhD student from CSIRO and the University of Queensland has found a better way to 'spell check' gene sequences and help biologists better understand the natural world.
May 10, 2012 |
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Study suggests women CEOs face a 'green ceiling' in attracting IPO investors
When it comes to a company’s critical stock market debut, investors are less likely to trust their money to an enterprise led by a female CEO, a University of Utah researcher says.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 04, 2012 |
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US teens quick to join online video: survey
US teenagers are leading the way in adopting online video including chat services, a survey showed Thursday.
May 03, 2012 |
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New study shows early North Americans lived with extinct giant beasts
(Phys.org) -- A new University of Florida study that determined the age of skeletal remains provides evidence humans reached the Western Hemisphere during the last ice age and lived alongside giant extinct mammals.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 03, 2012 |
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