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Why universities should teach alternative medicine
Most Australian readers would know of the current debate about universities teaching complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). A core question not being addressed in this debate is what other… Learn more
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Cooling the urban heat island with more reflective roofs
Can a whiter roof make your home cooler? What about your whole city? The existing literature and theory suggests that increasing the albedo – or reflectiveness – of a building will reflect inco… Learn more
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Social Change
Narratives of Conversion
A landmark project which seeks to map out the different routes through which women convert to Islam, and describe their experiences on entering the faith, has reached its conclusion. “Narrati… Learn more
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Lifestyle
Study finds lure of entertainment, work hard for people to resist
Trying to resist that late-night tweet or checking your work email again? The bad news is that desires for work and entertainment often win out in the daily struggle for self-control, according to… Learn more
EU regulations foster land degradation in Botswana
New requirements on beef exports could have a negative ecological impact on the country. … Learn more
How to jumpstart the renewable economy worldwide
You may have read about the Marshall Plan, which restarted the economy of Europe following World War II. With the threat of catastrophic climate change hovering over our heads, and with the economy still in tatters i … Learn more
New media driving Occupy movement
Lacking structured leadership, a single spokesperson and even a clear message, the Occupy movement has grown through the use of personal media and new technologies, sustained by participants’ own network of contact … Learn more
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Driving the green
A company looking to purchase an electric-powered delivery truck today will likely experience some sticker shock: Such a vehicle costs nearly $150,000, compared to about $50,000 for the same kind of truck with a stan...
Article - Peter Dizikes, MIT News Office
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Study finds lure of entertainment, work hard for people to resist
Trying to resist that late-night tweet or checking your work email again? The bad news is that desires for work and entertainment often win out in the daily struggle for self-control, according to a new study that me...
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Making sense of market madness
Call it a moment of monetary mayhem that, like a partial nuclear meltdown, could have wrought unimaginable devastation had it run fully amok. On May 6 of last year, at 2:41 p.m., Wall Street’s financial control rod...
Article - Mat Edelson
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Banned Books Awareness: Revising history
Most people are familiar with the classic saying, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it," uttered by George Santayana. He, himself, identified as an American and wrote exclusively in English, b...
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R. Wolf Baldassarro
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How bikes can save us
Today the car is king. Walking and pedalllng are consigned to the less convenient modes of transport. The price we pay is a large dent in our monthly budget. Research indicates that reversing that trend can produce wonderous results....
Blog - Jen Rhee
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Campus area farms offer lots of living lab space
Tim Dodge, who grew up on a dairy farm and worked for seven years as a field assistant at Cornell, felt well prepared for his job as manager of 352-acre Campus Area Farms, operated by Cornell's Agricultural Experiment St...
Article - Mary Woodsen _ Cornell University
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Why universities should teach alternative medicine
Most Australian readers would know of the current debate about universities teaching complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). A core question not being addressed in this debate is what other institution is bette...
Article - Evelin Tiralongo for Griffith University
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Mysteries of Killer whales uncovered in the Antarctic
On the afternoon of January 10, at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, whale researchers Robert L. Pitman and John W. Durban stood on the bridge of a cruise ship, peering through binoculars for signs of killer whales...
Article - Fen Montaigne
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Turning heat into power
A team of MIT researchers has developed a way of making a high-temperature version of a kind of materials called photonic crystals, using metals such as tungsten or tantalum. The new materials — which can operate at te...
Article - David L. Chandler, MIT News Office
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Super models – using maths to mitigate natural disasters
Last year will go on record as one of significant natural disasters both in Australia and overseas. Indeed, the flooding of the Brisbane River in January is still making news as the Queensland floods inquiry investigates...
Article - Dr Mahesh Prakash
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