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The Longevity Revolution: Lifelong Learning and Community Action for Older Adults
March 23, 2010 — The UN has said that population aging is "transforming the world." Now that a large portion of the world population is joining the ranks of the "baby boomers," the phenomenon is permeating many areas ... > full story -
Study Examines Impact of Education, Income on Support for Suicide Bombings
March 23, 2010 — A study shows that the relationship between education and support for suicide bombings varies by country and by the target of the ... > full story -
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Infectious Diseases Physicians Renew Call for 10 New Antibiotics by 2020
March 16, 2010 — As the deaths and suffering caused by antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections continue to rise around the world, the Infectious Diseases Society of America is urging a global commitment to develop ... > full story -
Survey Shows Lack of Confidence in National Hurricane Response Planning
March 11, 2010 — According to a study recently completed by group in Louisiana charged with conducting studies on improving hurricane crisis communication in coastal communities, many families have a well-developed ... > full story -
Students' Perceptions of Earth's Age Influence Acceptance of Human Evolution
March 10, 2010 — High school and college students who understand the geological age of the Earth (4.5 billion years) are much more likely to understand and accept human evolution, according to a new study. A 2009 ... > full story -
Liberals and Atheists Smarter? Intelligent People Have Values Novel in Human Evolutionary History, Study Finds
February 24, 2010 — Higher intelligence is associated with liberal political ideology, atheism, and men's (but not women's) preference for sexual exclusivity. More intelligent people are statistically more likely to ... > full story -
American Opinion Cools on Global Warming
January 27, 2010 — Public concern about global warming has dropped sharply since the fall of 2008, according to the results of a national survey. Only 50 percent of Americans now say they are "somewhat" or "very ... > full story -
Expert Panel Calls on US Research Agencies to Develop Policies for Providing Free Public Access to Federally Sponsored Research Results
January 12, 2010 — An expert panel of librarians, library scientists, publishers and university academic leaders today called on federal agencies that fund research to develop and implement policies that ensure free ... > full story -
Rate of Funding for Biomedical Research Slowing, Decreasing in Recent Years
January 12, 2010 — The rate of increase for funding of biomedical research in the US has slowed since 2005, and the level of funding from the National Institutes of Health and industry appears to have decreased by 2 ... > full story -
Environmentally-Friendly Policies: You Say Offset, I Say Tax? Labels and Political Affiliation May Affect Preferences
January 12, 2010 — New findings suggest a strong link between our political affiliation and how we react to certain labels. When choosing among two items, Democratic, Republican, and Independent volunteers tended to ... > full story
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