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Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:47:39 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Rich Terrorist, Poor Terrorist
Rich Terrorist, Poor Terrorist
New research suggests political freedom and geographic factors contribute significantly to causes of terrorism, challenging the common view that terrorism is rooted in poverty.
"There is no significant relationship between a country's wealth and level of terrorism once other factors like the country's level of political freedom are taken into account," says Alberto Abadie, public policy professor at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.
Abadie's review of ...
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Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:48:49 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: A Planet in Progress?
Scientists are one step closer to understanding how new planets form, thanks to research funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and carried out by a team of astrophysicists at the American Museum of Natural History.
Ben R. Oppenheimer, assistant curator in the museum's Department of Astrophysics, and his colleagues have used the Lyot Project coronograph attached to a U.S. Air Force telescope on Maui, Hawaii, to construct an image of material that seems to be coalescing into a ...
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Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:59:07 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Coming Together to Help Grow the Next Generation of Computing Leaders
Coming Together to Help Grow the Next Generation of Computing Leaders
Javier Rosa is a on a mission. As an undergraduate at Rutgers University double-majoring in computer science and mathematics, he hopes to one day pursue an advanced degree in computer science with a focus on computational biology or bioinformatics and work to fight cancer.
Many college students studying at top-tier research universities have similarly ambitious goals, but two factors make Javier's academic journey particularly remarkable. For one thing, his passion for fighting cancer ...
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