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How clever are you? Western IQs dropping, new study says
London :: United Kingdom | 20 days ago
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Western IQs dropping, new study says Peter Scowen The Globe and Mail Last updated Wednesday, May. PM EDT (Thinkstock) A new study says the average IQ in Western countries has dropped 14 points since the Victorian era, whatever that was. (The
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State considers campsites for Fort Ord Dunes
Watsonville :: CA :: USA | 2 months ago
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10:13 PM PDT Updated: 04/11/2013 06:10:13 PM PDT State park officials are unveiling plans to transform the 4-year-old Fort Ord Dunes State Park into an overnight spot. Outlined in a recent environmental study is a project with about 100 sites for
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Voter study: Black wait time twice white's
Cambridge :: MA :: USA | 2 months ago
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Blacks waited nearly twice as long as whites to vote in November's U.S. election and Southeast voters waited longer than most others, a university study finds. For most voters lines at the polls were relatively short, Massachusetts Institute of
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Emissions from coal plants causing high mortality, diseases
New Delhi :: India | 3 months ago
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March 11, 2013 AP In this file photo, smoke bellows from the chimneys of the Indraprastha Thermal Power Station in New Delhi. Emissions from coal-fired power plants is taking a heavy toll on human life across large parts of India, a study says.
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Mother Teresa's saintly image comes under fire in new study
Kolkata :: India | 3 months ago
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Mother Teresa with Pope John Paul II at the Home of the Dying in Calcutta, India, in February 1986. Photo Save to mystar How has the saintly image of Mother Teresa managed to survive largely intact in this age of such intense media scrutiny? Everyone
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Whistles May Harm Referees' Hearing, Study Says
Omaha :: NE :: USA | 4 months ago
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Jamie Squire/Getty Images Fully half of the officials surveyed reported ringing in the ears, or tinnitus, after officiating. At one high school tournament, he wore a dosimeter that measured his noise exposure...In conversation, his fellow officials
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Household debt falls sharply among younger Americans: study
Toronto :: Canada | 4 months ago
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Investor Clinic Residential property accounts for at least three-quarters of average American debt, so much of the drop may be connected to a decrease in home ownership. The number of Americans under 35 who own their primary residence dropped to 34
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One-third cases of hepatitis B, C preventable: study
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 4 months ago
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A researcher conducting a study- Photo by Suhail Yousuf About one-third of the hepatitis B and C cases in Pakistan can be prevented by interventions directed towards a few selected and modifiable risk factors, a recent study shows. The findings
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Kids online: Social media sites can help develop identity, study says
Boston :: MA :: USA | 5 months ago
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Those skills, the study says, can help encourage civic involvement later in life. Imagine a game in which a child not only discovers, collects, creates, and/or customizes 2- and 3-dimensional art objects that s/he then shares with fellow player-
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Wikipedia losing editors, study says (AFP)
Washington :: DC :: USA | 6 months ago
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Wikipedia, one of the world's biggest websites, is losing many of its English-language editors, crippling its ability to keep pace with its mission as a source of knowledge online, a study says. The study led by Aaron Halfaker of the University of
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