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Game-Based Economics Research Explains Why We Roll the Dice on Flu Shots
January 11, 2013 — Using an online computer game that simulates the spread of an infectious disease among its players, researchers learned more about what motivates people to protect themselves from infection – ... > full story -
Unemployment Benefits Not Sought by Jobless
January 10, 2013 — Employment insurance is a vital safety net for the unemployed across North America, yet some take advantage of the system. Recent headlines have made much of a recent report from the US Department of ... > full story -
Effects of China's One Child Policy on Its Children
January 10, 2013 — New research shows China's controversial One Child Policy has not only dramatically re-shaped the population, but has produced individuals lacking characteristics important for economic and social ... > full story -
High-Frequency Stock Trading of Little Value to Investors, General Public
January 10, 2013 — High-frequency stock trading leads to an increase in order cancelation but little else of value to investors and the general public, according to new ... > full story -
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Shareholder Responsibility Could Spur Shift to Sustainable Energy
January 8, 2013 — Allowing shareholders to be held liable for the damages that companies cause to the environment, people could help transform the world's energy system towards sustainability, according to new ... > full story -
High Salt Intake Linked to Social Inequalities
January 8, 2013 — People from low socio-economic positions in Britain eat more salt than the well off, irrespective of where they ... > full story -
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The Reason We Lose at Games: Some Games Simply Too Complex for the Human Mind to Understand
January 7, 2013 — If you have ever wondered why you never seem to win at skill-based games such as poker or chess, there might be a very good reason. Scientists have discovered that some games are simply impossible to ... > full story -
A French Nuclear Exit?
January 7, 2013 — France has been held up, worldwide, as the forerunner in using nuclear fission to produce electricity. However, a third of the nation's nuclear reactors will need replacing in the next decade, and ... > full story -
Time Pressure Enhances Thrill of Auctions
January 3, 2013 — Shopping is more than the rational exchange of goods against money. Emotions, however, do not only play a role when buying a red sports car or the fiftieth pair of shoes. At the stock exchange or ... > full story -
New Strategies Needed to Encourage Male Cancer Survivors to Consider Future Fertility
January 3, 2013 — New strategies are needed to encourage men who have banked sperm prior to cancer treatment to engage with ongoing fertility monitoring programs, researchers in the UK have ... > full story
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