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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 storyMore: -
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 -
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 -
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 -
'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 -
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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 -
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 -
When We Have a Low Opinion of Someone, We Tend to Reject Their Money, Study Finds
March 7, 2013 — Research done in Spain, Germany and the UK has demonstrated that when we have a low opinion of somebody, we are more likely to reject their money, even though the offer is attractive, because the ... > full story -
'Prevent Death' Message More Effective Than 'Save Life' in Blood Donation Campaigns
March 6, 2013 — Subtle changes in messaging can have a profound impact on the effectiveness of charitable messages such as calls for blood donations, according to new ... > full story -
New Solution Proposed to Ensure Biofuel Plants Don't Become Noxious Weeds
March 6, 2013 — Scientist propose innovative solution to ensure lucrative biofuel plants such as arundo donax do not become invasive weeds that can destroy fragile ... > full story
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