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That Huge Bonus May Actually Make You Screw Up

Posted 05.10.2012

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Don't choke! It's advice we’ve all heard before, but it’s much easier said than done, according to a new study. After a certain threshold, ...

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CalTech Report Reveals Optimism For AIDS Protection

AP | By MALCOLM RITTER | Posted 11.30.2011

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NEW YORK -- As scientists struggle to find a vaccine to prevent infection with the AIDS virus, a study in mice suggests hope for a new approach &ndash...

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The Top 10 Most Studious Schools

Posted 10.08.2011

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In the mood for a six-hour cram session? Princeton Review recently named the schools where the students study the most. Claremont engineering gian...

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Tang Jun's Drama: A Chinese Business Tragedy

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Microsoft, Chinese Business, Chinese Ethics, Face, Moral Relativism, Tang Jun, New Huadu Group, Chinese Values, Modern China, Chinese Culture, California Institute of Technology, Chen Fashu, Real Estate, Bernie Madoff, Chinese Morales, Fujian, Jiansu, Shenda, Business News
Tom Doctoroff

Since his academic credentials were exposed as fraudulent, Tang Jun has emerged as the star in a quintessentially Chinese dramatic tragedy.

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24, Shel Silverstein, Muons and God's Toe

Michael Sigman | Posted 11.17.2011

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Michael Sigman

Physicists at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory claimed to have overcome the precepts of relativity and quantum mechanics. Wouldn't it be nice if Shel Silverstein were around to write a song about our metaphysical mess?

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Pasadena Babalon: Jack Parsons and the Dark Side

Lisa Derrick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Magic, Aleister Crowley, JATO, Van Karman, Scientology, Babalon, California Institute of Technology, Jack Parsosn, Magick, L. Ron Hubbard, Cal Tech, Rockets, Pasadena, Los Angeles News
Lisa Derrick

In Pasadena Babalon, Cal Tech students take on the legend of Jack Parsons. And it's a blast. There's a crater on the dark side of the moon named Pa...

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