Year: 2013

Fifteen years ago, there was so little known about cancer that the main goal of many oncologists was to get their patients through grueling treatments. That's not the case any longer. Many treatments have become targeted and highly specialized, and …
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The Super Bowl has become more than a football game. It has frequently been the most watched American television broadcast of the year. In addition, it is the second biggest day for food consumption in the U.S. after Thanksgiving. With this year's …
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When you're in grade school, the Pledge of Allegiance is just a fancy way to say a lot of nothing about America. As someone who went six years without really learning the definition of terms like "allegiance," "indivisible," and "libertyndjusticeferall …
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"Everyone should exercise restraint and responsibility, but it's very important to remember that the vast majority of people in the banking sector–like the people in this room–do not receive million pound bonuses," the chancellor said. Economists …
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An exercise in memory consumption analysis. Hi again. This is a follow up on my recent post on features and improvements to the Evolution Data Server that we've been working on at Openismus. Note that the previous post explains what …
Tristan's World

CLIMATE change presents a real threat to human development and is already undermining production sectors like agriculture which has the highest potential to reduce poverty. Not only has the rainfall pattern changed, with some areas recording reduced …
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When working out becomes an obsession, the results can be anything but healthy Most people who exercise find a way to work it into their lives. Robert Silvers of Marshfield, Mass., organizes his life around his exercise .

With many of us struggling to get enough exercise, sport and exercise scientists at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) and the University of Birmingham, under the lead of Professor Anton Wagenmakers, have been working on a time-saving solution.
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