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  Individual Donation Amounts Drop When Givers Are in Groups

  April 11, 2013 — An anthropologist recently found that even when multiple individuals can contribute to a common cause, the presence of others reduces an individual's likelihood of ... > full story
• Funding Policy
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  Seemingly Small Research Funding Cuts Could Hinder Progress in Nanotechnology

  April 8, 2013 — Cuts in federal funding of nanotechnology research threaten to slow progress toward some of the field’s greatest promises, including commercialization of sustainable new energy sources that do ... > full story
• Health Policy
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  Vermont's Health Care Reform Has Lessons for Other States

  April 3, 2013 — Vermont’s aggressive health care reform initiatives can serve as a roadmap for other states, according to new ... > full story
• Dieting and Weight Control
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  Cash for Weight Loss? Works Better When Employees Compete for Pots of Money

  April 1, 2013 — Do cash rewards for healthier habits work? Maybe, says a new study, if you add on one more condition -- peer pressure. A growing number of companies are offering employees an opportunity to boost ... > full story

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  • Rewarding Groups for Losing Weight More Effective Than Rewarding Individuals
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  Climate Models Are Not Good Enough, Researcher Argues

  March 25, 2013 — Only a few climate models were able to reproduce the observed changes in extreme precipitation in China over the last 50 ... > full story
• Floods
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  Restoration and Recommendations for Flood-Damaged Bottomlands

  March 20, 2013 — Although the 2012 drought in the Midwest may have dimmed the memories for some of the 2011 Ohio and Mississippi River flood, engineers, landowners, conservationists, crop scientists and soil ... > full story
• Nature
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  Conservationists Call for Radical Change to ‘war on Poaching’

  March 18, 2013 — Widespread extinction of highly endangered and valued species will occur without a radical change to the way the wildlife trade is being handled across the world, according to conservation ... > full story
• Wild Animals
  Cats
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  'Marshall Plan' for African Wildlife?

  March 8, 2013 — African lions and villagers would benefit from fences to protect them from each other, according to a new ... > full story
• Today's Healthcare
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  Heart Attack Rates Rise With Plunging GDP in Greece's Financial Crisis

  March 7, 2013 — Heart attack rates have spiked in Greece since the start of the country's financial crisis, especially among women and residents older than 45, according to a new ... > full story
• Diet and Weight Loss
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  Money Talks When It Comes to Losing Weight

  March 7, 2013 — Weight loss study participants who received financial incentives were more likely to stick with a weight loss program and lost more weight than study participants who received no incentives, ... > full story

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