Perceptions of persons in the persistent vegetative state
2011 study in the journal Cognition measuring the public’s general perceptions of patients living in a persistent vegetative state.
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How scientists negotiate the boundaries between religion and science
2011 study from researchers at Rice and Baylor Universities published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion about how scientists and academics view and religious beliefs.
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Research chat: Andrew Revkin on covering and using scholarship
Interview with longtime New York Times reporter and Dot Earth blogger Andrew Revkin
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The bias against creativity: Why people desire but reject creative ideas
2011 study by Cornell University published in Psychological Science on feelings of uncertainty and the adoption of novel or practical ideas.
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Globally challenged: Are U.S. students ready to compete?
2011 Harvard study analyzing data from the Program for International Student Assessment on relative strength of U.S. students as compared to global peers.
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Oil and gas lease utilization: Onshore and offshore
2011 report by the Department of Interior based on data from the U.S. Geological Survey, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Bureau of Ocean Energy.
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Science, technology, engineering and mathematics: Good jobs now and for the future
2011 report by the U.S. Department of Commerce on the current state of the science, technology, engineering and math-based job industries.
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Google effects on memory: Cognitive consequences of having information at our fingertips
2011 study by Columbia, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Harvard on effects of Internet search engines on human memory.
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Oregon health insurance experiment: Evidence from the first year
2012 study by MIT and Harvard on impacts of randomly assigned Medicaid insurance in Oregon on public health outcomes.
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Health and medical research websites
Open access database of scientific research, including on biology, disease, genetics and much more.
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