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Researchers Map the Sexual Network of an Entire High School COLUMBUS, Ohio – For the first time, sociologists have mapped the romantic and sexual relationships of an entire high school over 18 months, providing evidence that these adolescent networks may…
In Other Words: A Language Lover’s Guide to the Most Intriguing Words Around the World Linguist Christopher J. Moore has made a career of searching out some of the world’s most “untranslatable” expressions—words from around the globe that defy an…
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld cancelled a planned visit to Germany after a US human rights organisation asked German authorities to prosecute him for war crimes, Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) has learned. The Center for Constitutional Rights’ complaint is available as…
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Why women are poor at science, by Harvard president The president of Harvard University has provoked a furore by arguing that men outperform women in maths and sciences because of biological difference, and discrimination is no longer a career barrier…
Plugged into it all, we’re stressed to distraction Today, we can do more. And do more, faster. And do more, faster, from anywhere, all the time. You can work at home or the coffee shop or even at the beach.…
I realize that the survey wasn’t of a statistically significant population, but I find the whole thing horribly disturbing. America: Land of the Free. Well, sometimes. Some of us. The right kind of people, you know? In U.S., 44 Percent…
For a generation accustomed to near-instantaneous keeping in touch, a generation of peers are perfectly comfortable with face-to-face encounters taking a backseat to cyber contact. Christina Rainie had been trying to reach her friend for three days. For some reason,…
Via d2leddy United Church of Christ ad highlighting Jesus’ extravagant welcome called ‘too controversial’ According to a written explanation from CBS, the United Church of Christ is being denied network access because its ad implies acceptance of gay and lesbian…
Coupled with previous studies, findings suggest treatments for autism Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans, a team of scientists at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh have found differences in the activation and synchronization of brain networks…
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