Research suggests denser development is good for single-family home values
How do denser neighborhoods affect property values? And what's the economic value of walkable neighborhoods?
Other
Jun 26, 2012
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Cyber attacks hit global banks for $80 mn: study
A wave of cyber attacks has likely stolen at least $80 million from bank accounts in Europe, the United States and elsewhere, a security report said Tuesday.
Internet
Jun 26, 2012
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US court upholds agency's global warming rules
(AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the first-ever U.S. regulations aimed at reducing the gases blamed for global warming, handing down perhaps the most significant decision on the issue since a 2007 Supreme ...
Environment
Jun 26, 2012
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News Corp. confirms it's considering split in 2
(AP) — Under pressure to limit contagion from the British phone hacking scandal, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. confirmed Tuesday that it is considering splitting into two publicly traded companies.
Business
Jun 26, 2012
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Policies to discourage drug trafficking should account for complexity of 'the game'
Drug traffickers who want to leave the "game" behind often struggle to do so because they fear loss of power and status, a new study shows.
Social Sciences
Jun 26, 2012
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Google team: Self-teaching computers recognize cats
(Phys.org) -- At the International Conference on Machine Learning, which starts today in Edinburgh, participants will hear about Google’s results after several years’ work at their big idea laboratory, Google X. ...
National Research Council presents long-term priorities for US nuclear physics program
Nuclear physics is a discovery-driven enterprise aimed at understanding the fundamental nature of visible matter in the universe. For the past hundred years, new knowledge of the nuclear world has also directly benefited ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 26, 2012
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Scientists find new primitive mineral in meteorite
In 1969, an exploding fireball tore through the sky over Mexico, scattering thousands of pieces of meteorite across the state of Chihuahua. More than 40 years later, the Allende meteorite is still serving the scientific community ...
Space Exploration
Jun 26, 2012
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Political ads by independent groups are not only common -- they are more effective
As the election season ramps up, many voters are already experiencing attack ad fatigue. With the rise of the so-called Super PACs and greatly increased spending by independent groups more generally, many election watchers ...
Social Sciences
Jun 26, 2012
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Social media power youth political participation
The MacArthur Research Network on Youth and Participatory Politics (YPP), under the direction of co-principal investigators University of Chicago political scientist Cathy Cohen, and Joseph Kahne, professor of education at ...
Social Sciences
Jun 26, 2012
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