Whither astronauts? Corps shrinks as shuttles stop
(AP) -- NASA's mighty astronaut corps has become a shadow of what it once was. And it's only going to get smaller.
Space Exploration
Jul 18, 2011
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Prehistoric sea lizard pulled from skeletons in closet
Dramatic breakthroughs in paleontology don’t always come from the field where researchers unearth fossils. That’s a theory University of Alberta professor Michael Caldwell says he has always believed, and it was ...
Archaeology
Jul 18, 2011
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Study discovers link between cell phone usage and relationship strength
A project on the dynamics of social networks at the University of Notre Dame’s Interdisciplinary Center for Network Science and Applications (iCeNSA) has found a link between cell phone usage and relationship strength.
Telecom
Jul 18, 2011
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Family businesses: 'Success and Familiness Go Hand in Hand' according to new research
Against the backdrop of the toughest economic times in living memory, family businesses seem to be not only surviving, but thriving, according to research conducted by law firm Veale Wasbrough Vizards and the University of ...
Social Sciences
Jul 18, 2011
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After almost 20 years, math problem falls
Mathematicians and engineers are often concerned with finding the minimum value of a particular mathematical function. That minimum could represent the optimal trade-off between competing criteria — between the surface ...
Computer Sciences
Jul 18, 2011
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Genetic research confirms that non-Africans are part Neanderthal
Some of the human X chromosome originates from Neanderthals and is found exclusively in people outside Africa, according to an international team of researchers led by Damian Labuda of the Department of Pediatrics at the ...
Archaeology
Jul 18, 2011
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