Why do birds migrate at night?
It was a puzzle about birds.
Plants & Animals
Sep 12, 2019
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Southern Methodist University (SMU) was established in 1911 in the Dallas, Texas area. The current enrollment is around 11,000 students. The Lyle School of Engineering is noteworthy and other schools and research labs have a good standing. SMU is in the top 100 of similar institutions of higher learning. It is a private institution owned by the United Methodist Church.
- Address
- 6425 Boaz Lane, Dallas TX 75205
- Website
- http://www.smu.edu/
- Wikipedia
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Methodist_University
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Southern Methodist University
New map outlines seismic faults across Dallas-Fort Worth region
Scientists from SMU, The University of Texas at Austin and Stanford University found that the majority of faults underlying the Fort Worth Basin are as sensitive to forces that could cause them to slip as those that have ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 23, 2019
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Texas' strategic goal for students' debt burden shows potential promise and pitfalls
College students in Texas who graduated from public universities with a bachelor's degree had, on average, student loan debts that equaled 74 percent of what they earned in their first-year wages, according to a new study ...
Economics & Business
Jul 22, 2019
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'Titans in a jar' could answer key questions ahead of NASA's space exploration
Researchers from Southern Methodist University (SMU) could help determine if Saturn's icy moon—Titan—has ever been home to life long before NASA completes an exploratory visit to its surface by a drone helicopter.
Space Exploration
Jul 03, 2019
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Is blinded review enough? How gendered outcomes arise even under anonymous evaluation
Even when a scientist's gender wasn't revealed, female scientists got a lower score than males for grant proposals they submitted for review, according to a working paper led by Southern Methodist University professor Julian ...
Social Sciences
May 06, 2019
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Native bison hunters amplified climate impacts on North American prairie fires
Native American communities actively managed North American prairies for centuries before Christopher Columbus' arrival in the New World, according to a new study led by Southern Methodist University (SMU) archaeologist Christopher ...
Environment
Jul 23, 2018
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Radar images show large swath of Texas oil patch is heaving and sinking at alarming rates
Two giant sinkholes near Wink, Texas, may just be the tip of the iceberg, according to a new study that found alarming rates of new ground movement extending far beyond the infamous sinkholes.
Earth Sciences
Mar 21, 2018
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Study finds earthquakes continue for years after gas field wastewater injection stops
Efforts to stop human-caused earthquakes by shutting down wastewater injection wells that serve adjacent oil and gas fields may oversimplify the challenge, according to a new study from seismologists at Southern Methodist ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 13, 2018
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Brief exposure to charismatic career women inspires female students to pursue same field
A low-budget field experiment to tackle the lack of women in the male-dominated field of economics has been surprisingly effective, says the study's author, an economist at Southern Methodist University, Dallas.
Social Sciences
Jan 23, 2018
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Student-led protests for inclusive campuses are more likely at selective universities
Some universities are more likely than others to experience student activism like the "I, Too, Am Harvard" campaign in 2014, a new study finds.
Social Sciences
Dec 05, 2017
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