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©Reuters/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah Only 1 in 5 South African executives are black: study South Africa's workplaces are still heavily racially skewed 20 years after the fall of apartheid, with only one fifth of top executive positions held by blacks, said a report published Wednesday.
10 апреля 2014
Photo courtesy of news.nationalgeographic.com 'Chicken from hell' sheds new light on bird-like dino Nicknamed the "chicken from hell," a newly identified species of feathered dinosaur as tall as a human roamed North America at least 66 million years ago.
21 марта 2014
©Reuters/Eddie Keogh Women half as likely as men to study science: survey Women are being put off careers in science by stereotypes and are less than half as likely as men to apply for degrees in the field.
20 марта 2014
The 10-meter South Pole Telescope and the BICEP (Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization) Telescope. ©Reuters/Keith Vanderlinde Major discovery bolsters Big Bang theory of universe Waves of gravity that rippled through space right after the Big Bang have been detected for the first time, in a landmark discovery that adds to our understanding of how the universe was born.
18 марта 2014
©Reuters/Lucas Jackson Future warming imperils Statue of Liberty: study The sightseer of 4014 may have to pay a virtual visit to the Tower of London or Statue of Liberty, said a climate study Wednesday that warned of dramatic ocean encroachment on heritage sites.
05 марта 2014
Lou Gehrig's disease. Photo courtesy of wikipedia.org High-calorie diet may slow Lou Gehrig's disease A diet rich in calories and carbohydrates may slow progression of the lethal, degenerative Lou Gehrig's disease.
03 марта 2014
General Electric Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Immelt. ©Reuters/Mike Theiler GE to hike pro-environment energy research by $10 bn US industrial conglomerate General Electric said Monday it would boost spending on environmentally friendly energy research by $10 billion by 2020, including on fracking technologies and wind turbines.
25 февраля 2014
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. ©Reuters/Toru Hanai Japan public sceptical on death penalty: study Japan's public is less enthusiastic about capital punishment than government research shows, a new study has claimed, amid an acceleration in the rate of executions under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
20 февраля 2014
Study merges worldwide data on sex assaults on women Worldwide, one woman in 14 has been sexually assaulted by someone other than a partner, according to the first global estimate of the problem.
12 февраля 2014
Photo courtesy of healthguru.sg Yoghurt consumption linked to lower diabetes risk Eating yoghurt and low-fat cheese can cut the risk of developing diabetes by around a quarter compared with consuming none.
06 февраля 2014
©Reuters/Enrique Castro-Mendivil Sex, pregnancy poorly understood by women: US study Women are often in the dark when it comes to basic facts about sex, fertility, pregnancy and their own reproductive health, according to a US study Monday.
28 января 2014
US kids read little on e-readers, tablets: study Two-thirds of young children in the United States now have access to an e-reader or tablet, but only half of them actually use the device to read.
24 января 2014
Texting while walking impairs stride, poses risks: study Texting while walking impairs a person's ability to follow a straight line and keep a normal pace, and may pose risks to pedestrians according to a study out.
23 января 2014
©Reuters/Andrea Comas For sharks, old age may be 70 or more: study Great white sharks may live until their 70s, more than three times as long as previously thought, according to a new analysis of the marine predator's backbones out Wednesday.
14 января 2014
Land bulge clue to aviation threat from volcanoes Bulging in land that occurs before a volcano erupts points to how much ash will be spewed into the sky, providing a useful early warning for aviation.
14 января 2014
©Reuters/Lucas Jackson Facebook dominates in US rush to social networking The surge into social networks is gaining pace among Americans, with Facebook dominating but with many people using multiple platforms, a study showed Monday.
31 декабря 2013
Photo courtesy of fanpop.com Liver and let die: James Bond was an alcoholic - study "A dry martini. Just hand it to me, and I'll do the shaking myself."
13 декабря 2013
©Reuters/Denis Balibouse Men and women's brains are wired differently: study Women aren't very good at reading maps, and men are incapable of multi-tasking.
04 декабря 2013
©Reuters/Heinz-Peter Bader Mice research brings male contraceptive pill closer A contraceptive pill for men has moved one step closer after Australian researchers successfully made male mice infertile.
03 декабря 2013
Photo © Marat Abilov Bolashak scholarship - opportunity for children of unemployed or retired Bolashak scholarship gave an opportunity to children of unemployed and retired Kazakhstan nationals to study abroad.
30 ноября 2013

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