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Companies Pay Almost $6,000 Extra Per Year for Each Employee Who Smokes
June 3, 2013 — A new study suggests that U.S. businesses pay almost $6,000 per year extra for each employee who smokes compared to the cost to employ a person who has never smoked cigarettes. Researchers say ... > full story -
More Attractive Real Estate Agents Mean Higher Prices and Profits
June 3, 2013 — A recent study of physical attractiveness and how it impacts real estate brokers’ pay and productivity shows that the more attractive the real estate agent, the higher the listing price of the ... > full story -
Structure of Videogames Examimed
June 3, 2013 — Researchers analyzed the content of videogames and their interaction with the player in depth. The study of this material shows the importance of this industry, which is experiencing exponential ... > full story -
Education, Age and Class Continue to Create a 'Digital Divide'
June 3, 2013 — Education, age and class continue to create a ‘digital divide’ in internet use and access, according to new ... > full story -
Psychologists Map Entrepreneurial Spirit in U.S., Great Britain and Germany
June 1, 2013 — Researchers mapped the entrepreneurial personality structures in the United States, Great Britain and Germany, identifying regions where a feeling of entrepreneurial spirit is “most at ... > full story -
Elite Athletes Often Shine Sooner or Later -- But Not Both
May 31, 2013 — A new study that compared the performance of elite track and field athletes younger than 20 and those 20 and older found that only a minority of the star junior athletes saw similar success as senior ... > full story -
For Love Not Money: What Keeps Circuses on the Road?
May 31, 2013 — Year-in, year-out the circus comes to town. But in 2013 circuses are in trouble. Seen by many as entertainment from a bygone age and facing Government action to ban circuses with wild animals, what ... > full story -
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International Negotiations: Playing Games With the Climate
May 31, 2013 — Researchers have applied game theory to the problem of climate change to help analyze the relationships between international players on the world stage, occurrence and effects, attitude towards ... > full story -
Parent Input Ignored in School Closings in U.S.
May 30, 2013 — Officials who close neighborhood schools in poor, urban areas often ignore parents' input, which only reinforces the 'institutionalized racism that plagues U.S. schools,' a scholar ... > full story -
Information Transmission a Good Predictor of Credit Crisis
May 30, 2013 — The recent credit crisis was preceded by a sharp increase in the transmission of information in the largest derivatives market. Such transmissions can therefore serve as indicators for the ... > full story
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