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- Facebook and Twitter are rewriting the world we’ve always lived in
- Testing can be useful for students and teachers
- Experts challenge super food claims: Healthy-giving properties of broccoli, blueberries, may not make it past the gut
- Mathematics sheds light on what delays in getting pregnant mean for prospects of having a baby
- Climate sceptics more prominent in UK and US media
- Signing in babies does not accelerate language development, study suggests
- Top executives' team spirit affects whole business
| Facebook and Twitter are rewriting the world we’ve always lived in Posted: 05 Oct 2012 10:46 AM PDT This week, the social media world reached two milestones: Facebook announced it reached 1 billion active users, and pop icon Lady Gaga became the first to amass 30 million followers on Twitter. A professor of communication and of computer and information science, sees good news in the rise of both.  |
| Testing can be useful for students and teachers Posted: 05 Oct 2012 09:39 AM PDT While testing can be useful as an assessment tool, researchers suggests that the actual process of taking a test can also help us to learn and retain new information over the long term and apply it across different contexts. New research explores the nuanced interactions between testing, memory, and learning and suggests possible applications for testing in educational settings.  |
| Posted: 05 Oct 2012 05:25 AM PDT They have been the mainstay of the health industry for the best part of a decade, but now researchers are using an approach that allows them to delve deeper into the effectiveness of health-promoting 'super foods' and their elixir-giving ilk. While there's no doubt foods such as broccoli, blueberries and whole grains contain polyphenols - compounds that have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties - the academic experts contend that little of these health-giving properties actually make it past the gut.  |
| Mathematics sheds light on what delays in getting pregnant mean for prospects of having a baby Posted: 04 Oct 2012 05:09 PM PDT A new mathematical method can help to predict a couple's chances of becoming pregnant, according to how long they have been trying.  |
| Climate sceptics more prominent in UK and US media Posted: 04 Oct 2012 05:09 PM PDT Climate sceptics are being given a more prominent, and sometimes uncontested, voice in UK and US newspapers in contrast to other countries around the world, new research suggests.  |
| Signing in babies does not accelerate language development, study suggests Posted: 04 Oct 2012 06:31 AM PDT Researchers have found no evidence to support claims that using baby signing with babies helps to accelerate their language development. Researchers conducted a controlled study to evaluate the benefits of symbolic gesture or baby sign.  |
| Top executives' team spirit affects whole business Posted: 04 Oct 2012 06:31 AM PDT Effective teamwork among an organization's top management makes employees happier and more productive, with positive benefits to the organization.  |
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