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Study shows technology might cause college students to be less empathetic
College students are becoming less empathetic and more narcissistic, and the key might be in technology. Cell phones, social networks like Facebook and other sources of constant information seem to impact young people's moral judgment.
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Hooked on hook-ups
Even though the University was an all-male institution at its opening in 1825, young Cavaliers interacted with local and visiting women often at weekend social functions.
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America’s lowest cancer rate in Arizona
Arizona has the lowest cancer rate of any state in the United States, according to new data from a United States Cancer Statistics report. The current report shows that Arizona has the lowest number of diagnosed cancer cases and the second-lowest mortality rate for cancer of any state.
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Researchers find technology to identify zebras based on stripes
Researchers at Princeton’s Equid Research and Conservation laboratory and at the Computational Population Biology laboratory at the University of Illinois have developed a new technology called StripeSpotter that allows biologists to identify and catalog zebras by reading their stripes like ...
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Harvard professor underlines brain’s need for physical activity
The Healthy Campus Initiative — a recent push to make the University eat healthier, exercise more and stop smoking — may now be heading in a new direction, focusing on the direct connection between brain and body activity.
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Taunting makes its way to Congress
Relegated primarily to elementary school playgrounds, taunting, name-calling, and insult-lobbing have made their way into the houses of Congress, according to a study released by Stanford and Harvard professors. Assistant Professor Justin R.
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Study finds damaging effects of freeway pollution
A study conducted by USC Professor and senior author Caleb Finch found that freeway pollution resulted in significant neuron damage for mice. This was the first study to explore the physical effect of freeway pollution on brain cells.
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Study shows cheating causes ‘self-deception’among students
Students may want to think more carefully about cheating on homework assignments or using the answer key for practice tests.
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Arizona research could prevent accidents, deaths
Imagine, instead of a flashing light on the top of an intersection, a radio-operated system that could cut off music inside a private car and give a message that emergency vehicles are in an intersection. This system could be in cars by 2013.