SSS 2008-04-25

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I'm Adam Hinterthuer, got a minute? If a train heading east leaves Chicago at noon, and a train heading west leaves New York an hour later, would that make you any better at math? New evidence says No

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International Ask A Question Day is on March 13. Its goal is to improve our knowledge and lives by asking more and better questions. The Inquiry Institute tells us that A question not asked is a door not opened. The best question askers know how to o

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Once a paper is complete a standardized review process can make the difference between an average essay and a great essay. Incorporating obvious tools like computer aided spell check and grammar check are a first step. Once a rough draft is complete,

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According to the Daily Telegraph of November 4, people in the US are twice as likely to contract diabetes and a third more likely to develop cancer than those among similar aged people in England。 But despite this, Americans, aged 65, can expect to

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More than ?20,000 has been stolen from four passengers aboard the doomed MH370 flight. 马航失联客机MH370四乘客账户日前被盗走2万多英镑。 Five months after the Malaysia Airlines flight went missing, mysterious withdrawals totaling

9月份中国人民币贷款增长超预期

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Part 4. My pet hate. Keywords. pet hate, dislike, filling up forms, horror, applying for, giving information, personal life, habits, answers, questions, defects, job applications, false declarations, discrepancies. Vocabulary. pet hate, positive, obs

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BEIJING, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The commerce authorities of China and the United States on Friday unveiled a report on a statistical discrepancy in merchandise trade, saying the discrepancy's share in bilateral trade is dropping. The report was based on

好心塞！10件职场女性遭遇的心酸事

Remember that old cigarette ad that proclaimed: Youve come a long way, baby? It was introduced in 1968 by Virginia Slims, which linked smoking with female empowerment and equality. When we look closely at women in the business world, however, we may

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EU says 2011 will be economically painful year

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Last month, President Obama called income inequality and economic mobility, quote, the defining challenge of our time. Since, as we just heard, President Obama is sure to discuss income inequality this coming week, we wanted to t