Professor Predicts Baseball’s Best Teams for 2010
The Yankees look to be the dominant team in baseball for 2010, according to a New Jersey Institute of Technology mathematician (and Mets fan).
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Fifth Period: Life and Death Decision-making
Ethical quandaries at the nexus of science, technology and society are making it into high school curricula.
Bright Ideas: Light Bulbs Stimulate Insights
New research finds exposure to a bare, illuminated light bulb — a universal symbol of bright ideas — is a catalyst to reaching insights.
With Music, Ignorance May Be Bliss
Put down those program notes: New research suggests describing a piece of classical music may diminish the pleasure of listening.
Underage Drinkers and the Fake ID
New research investigates how underage college students obtain false identification to gain access to alcohol.
An ePassport is a Fiendishly Slippery Thing
No sooner are new electronic identification methods out on the street than do electronic tricksters (and presumably cyber bad guys) hack them.
A Super-Sized ‘Last Supper’
Researchers examining depictions of the most iconic meal of all time find portion sizes dramatically increased over the last millennium.
Collegiate Commitment to Bridge Achievement Gap
A coalition of major public universities has promised to halve the minority achievement gap in enrollment and graduation — and they set a deadline.
Define a ‘Great’ City
A University of Louisville researcher data-crunches and theorizes about the 'greatest' American cities.
Don’t Throw Away Your Paper Maps Just Yet
While GPS can tell you exactly where you stand, sometimes it takes a bit of dead-tree cartography to tell you where you are.