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Nature Makes Us Nicer People, New Study Says

treehugger.com | Jaymi Heimbuch | Posted 10.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Spaces, Green Living, Relationships, Research, Human-Relationships, Values, Nature, Green, University of Rochester, Outdoors, Human-Connection, Environment, Green News

A new study by the University of Rochester found that after looking at nature scenes, people feel closer to their community, are willing to give more ...

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The Washington Post--Union Buster?

Gerald Bracey | Posted 11.30.2009 | Media

Read More: School Reform, Arne Duncan, Washington Post, Research, Data, Charter Schools, Media News
Gerald Bracey

Is a new study favoring charter schools remarkable? Are the results on charter schools in? The short answers are "no" and "no."

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Health Reform: Hold the Mayo

D. Brad Wright | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Politics, Research, Health Care Costs, Health Care, Health, Mayo Clinic, Politics News
D. Brad Wright

the relationship between low Medicare spending and the above average health outcomes seen at Mayo may simply be confounded by the nature of the patient population, which is healthier Read more at: http://editorial.huffingtonpost.com/tmp/individual-entry-archive86.html

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Walter Cronkite Records Destroyed By FBI

USA Today | Matt Kelley | Posted 11.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Television, Foia, Records, National Archives, Research, Cronkite, Walter Cronkite, Fbi, Freedom of Information Act, Rosa Parks, FBI File, Alex Heard, Cbs, Media News

A search of the agency's main index of the subjects of FBI investigations found some records tied to Cronkite's name were destroyed in October 2007, t...

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What the Battle Over the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Tells Us about Public Opinion and Climate Change Legislation

Levi Novey | Posted 11.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Research, Social Science, Public Opinion, Climate Change, Messaging, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Climate Bill, Communication, Energy, Green Jobs, Clean Energy, Green News
Levi Novey

The sales pitch for legislation needs to focus on America obtaining cheaper long-term energy from our own sources, creating steady jobs for Americans that pay well, and giving Americans a less polluted country.

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Senator Brown, Leading Energy Think Tanks Push for More Research Investment and New National Institutes of Energy

Jesse Jenkins | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Breakthrough Institute, Research, Economy, Ohio, Renewable Energy, Senator Sherrod Brown, Clean Energy, Innovation, Clean Energy Economy, Third Way, Green Energy, Green News
Jesse Jenkins

Modeled after the NIH, a New National Institutes of Energy (NIE) would be designed to most effectively channel R&D funding toward the development of new, low-cost commercial clean energy technologies.

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How Extremophiles Might Help Us Save the World

Levi Novey | Posted 10.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Yellowstone, Research, Astrobiology, Atacama Desert, Science, Mars, Methane, Exploration, Caves, Imax, Space Exploration, Extremophile, Health, Green Technology, James Cameron, Microbiology, Climate Change, Ethanol, Technology, Breast Cancer Treatment, Medicine, Global Warming, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Microbes-on-Mars, Microorganisms, Green News
Levi Novey

Living and thriving in the most inhospitable conditions on Earth, tiny bacteria-like microbes known as extremophiles might soon have an over-sized effect on our human world.

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UC Davis Report: Gunshows Linked To Crime

The Sacramento Bee | Bill Lindelof | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Research, Gun Shows, Violent Crime, UC Davis, Garen Wintemute, Guns, Politics News

The UC Davis Violence Prevention program will release a report today that claims guns shows are a major source of weapons used in crimes....

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Top 10 Reasons Not To Do Yoga

Sadie Nardini | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Yoga, Don't, Nardini, Entertainment, Research, Do, Celebrity Skin, Weight, Loss, Diet, Health, Fitness, Meditation, Celebrity, Health Care, Sadie, Sadie Nardini, Living News
Sadie Nardini

After 15 years of conversations with two types of people--those who crave personal growth, and those who don't, I have come to believe that for many people, there are some darn good reasons not to do yoga...

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Male Circumcision and the HIV/AIDS Myth

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Lancet Study, Research, Penis, Abraham, Men's Health, Fgm, Kellogg, HIV/AIDS, God, World Health Organization, Female Genital Mutilation, Africa, Circumcision, Foreskin, Medicaid, Health Care, Condoms, Penile Cancer, Female Circumcision, HIV/AIDS Africa, Living News
Ali A. Rizvi

The best way to prevent HIV and other STIs -- whether you're circumcised, uncircumcised, gay, straight, male or female -- is through education and condom use.

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The Real Reason to Eat Organic Food

Maria Rodale | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Agricutlure, Pesticides, Chemicals, Research, Organic Food, Health, Nutrition, Living News
Maria Rodale

Aside from the fact that the nutritional content of just about ALL of our food has declined over the past 50 years, we are, as a rule, overfed. And good nutrition is available from many sources in our diet.

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Food Allergies Are the New Eating Disorder

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 08.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Victoria Beckham, Food Allergies, Nuts, Research, Eating Disorders, Rachel Weisz, Gluten Intolerance, Gwyneth Paltrow, Food Intolerance, Orlando Bloom, Peanut Allergies, Living News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Are some people using the allergy/intolerance umbrella as a reason to restrict food? I'm betting yes. And it's not just celebrities.

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Is NASA Spacing Out?

Bill Chameides | Posted 08.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, Nasa, Research, Michael Collins, Climate Change, Space, Apollo Missions, Apollo 11, Science, Astronauts, Moon, Alan Bean, Green News
Bill Chameides

Today is the 40th anniversary of the first lunar walk, and, not counting the late Michael Jackson, it's been almost that long since the last moonwalk. Is it time to do it again?

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Transformational Science and the U.S. Economy

James M. Gentile | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Science, Research, Barack Obama, Politics News
James M. Gentile

There is increasing concern in the scientific community that incremental research is too much the priority, that U.S. science funding has become too conservative and too risk-averse.

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A Lesson About Female Friendship from the Ad World

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 08.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Living News, Relationships, Research, Best Friends Forever, Personal, Journal of Marketing, Netherlands, Hair, Irene S. Levine, Intimacy, Gender, Friendship, Female Friends, Friendship Doctor, Male, Loyalty, Advertising, New York Times, Marketing, Female, The Netherlands, Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

When it comes to customer loyalty, women aren't necessarily more loyal than men; it's just that their loyalties take a different form.

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Saving Chimps and Tax Dollars

Michael Markarian | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ed Towns, Research, Roscoe Bartlett, Jim Langevin, Chimpanzees, Animals, Taxpayers, Dave Reichert, Politics News
Michael Markarian

The Great Ape Protection Act seeks to phase out invasive research on chimpanzees and retire government-owned chimps to sanctuaries.

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If 98% of "Green" Products Greenwash - Which are the 2% that Don't?

Levi Novey | Posted 07.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Philadelphia, Consumer Confidence, Research, Shopping, Greenwashing, Green Business, Green Living, Terrachoice, Green News
Levi Novey

We shouldn't generalize from a study that had found that 98% of "green" products on the shelves of American supermarkets made false claims.

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The Seven-Year Expiration Date on Friendships

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 06.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Friendship, Friend, Longevity, Sociologist, Shelf Life, Research, Opportunity, Utrecht University, Social Network, Expiration Date, Social Context, Forever, Breaking Living News, Relationships, Mollenhorst, Happiness, Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

Friendships don't last a lifetime and are determined by circumstances not personal preferences.

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Climate Bill's Clean Energy R&D Investments May Be 30 Times Smaller Than President Obama's Budget

Jesse Jenkins | Posted 06.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Climate Policy, Ed Markey, Research, Innovation, Clean Energy Economy, Climate Change, Clean Energy, Henry Waxman, Technology, Energy Policy, Barack Obama, Global Warming, Green News
Jesse Jenkins

The bill before us, depending on the allowance value it establishes, would invest just one-twentieth to one-sixtieth of the $15 billion President Obama has pledged -- and specifically requested from Congress.

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Is the Insurance Industry Getting Behind Comparative Effectiveness Research?

Arlene Holt Baker | Posted 06.13.2009 | Home

Read More: Big Pharma, President Obama, Research, Health Care Costs, Health Care Reform, Doctors, Barack Obama Health Care, Health Insurance, Labor Unions, Health Care, Home News
Arlene Holt Baker

This week many watched as the president joined with the largest associations of insurers and doctors to acknowledge the excessive costs of health care...

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Alzheimer's: Maybe Not What You Think

Dan Agin | Posted 06.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Taxes, Education, Alzheimer's, Research, Hbo, Aging Parents, Cable Tv, Alzheimer's Week, Living News
Dan Agin

We should be shouting in the streets to find a way to make certain that every kid who has a talent for it can have a free education right through to the moment when they start working in a lab.

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Fun for the Whole Family: Girls Can Now Expect Longer Puberty

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 06.06.2009 | Living

Read More: New York Times, Teenage Girls, Menstruation, Menarche, Breasts, Puberty, Research, Living News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

The average age of breast development in European girls has dropped one year, from 10.8 to 9.8 years.

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Staring Down the Double-Barrel Climate Shotgun

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Research, Climate Change, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Wetlands, Science, Permafrost, Oceans, Methane, Global Warming, Climate Disruption, Green News
Bill Chameides

Dr. Bill Chameides is the dean of Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He blogs regularly at th...

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Conducting Autism Research Like It's 1994

Kim Stagliano | Posted 05.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Denial, Dr-Paul-Offit, Autism, American-Academy-of-Pediatrics, Research, Money, Vaccines, Living News
Kim Stagliano

The Autism Science Foundation: Their mission? To boldly go back to exactly what they were doing before doctors and researchers and even some uppity folks at Autism Speaks started asking pesky questions about vaccines.

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The Problem With Captive Consumerism

Richard Laermer | Posted 05.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Target, Consumerism, Research, Wal-Mart, Best Businesses, Laermer.com, Punk Marketing, Captive Consumers, Business News
Richard Laermer

Good customer service can't be a Band-Aid brand bandage for poor products or dishonest words. The whole package, man! Give an integrated engaging experience that makes people love you all.

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