Vol. 139 No. 2787, December - December 2010
Index
- Officiating patterns reward aggressive play.
- How to become a scholarship athlete.
- Racial gap growing in middle schools.
- A two-sided, poster-size map developed by marine researchers at Duke University, Durham, N.C., in partnership with the Census of Marine Life and National Geographic Maps, provides the most detailed overview yet of life in the world's oceans.
- Each year, if the 122,500,000 U.S. employees that have access to direct deposit used it.
- Emergence of electric cars seems inevitable.
- Improved drilling techniques have unlocked vast new reserves of shale gas, a resource that could displace significant amounts of coal--and emits less than half the carbon dioxide.
- Nearly 7,800,000 individuals aged 12 to 17 (30.9% of America's adolescent population) participated in any of three violent behaviors over the past year, asserts a study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Washington, D.C.
- SATs poor measure of overall HS population.
- The U.S. tied for fifth place with Switzerland in the World Giving Index 2010 report issued by the Charities Aid Foundation America Washington, D.C., a review of the state of giving in 153 countries representing 95% of the globe's population.
- What would happen if a person developed a strong opinion on an issue and later found that a majority of people disagreed with that stance?
- When given a choice, older people prefer to read negative--rather than positive--news about young adults, suggests a study from Ohio State University, Columbus.
- A "Taste of Home" for soldiers abroad.
- Federal procurement wastes billions.
- Cost overruns scrapping projects.
- Ways to keep more of your nest egg.
- Chilean miners provide lesson in resilience.
- Collapse in Chile will spur safety changes.
- Robots go where angels fear to tread.
- Extra vigilance needed for shopping and traveling.
- Falling for the festive fur-ball factor.
- Finding ways to fly cheaper.
- Volunteering beats holiday blues.
- "O Holy Night" tops the charts.
- Grandma will have to wait.
- Presents that will move children.
- Holiday tips for single dads.
- Profiling just like Jesus did.
- Window shopping first is the way to go.
- Does brand loyalty express self-worth?
- Gifting the elderly with technology.
- Social connectors fulfill our lives.
- White women bending the elbow more.
- "Visual reverberations" recall the famous and anonymous.
- Stored communications act needs revision.
- Cyber Cold War looming for U.S.
- Focusing on Ansel Adams' less familiar work.
- Some still believe ACA will deliver.
- Burning biomass with coal reduces emissions.
- Ski runs are not created equal.
- World Series has long history of giant surprises: orange October just the latest fall classic stunner.