NM Indian school beats poverty, language barrier to boost reading, math scores in 3 yearsOctober 12th, 2009 NM school goes from worst to among best in 3 yearsTOHATCHI, N.M. — Fifth grader Darius Yazzie's after-school chores include hauling water for horses and feeding chickens, while his classmate, Shanika Begay, rides a bus 15 miles each way through the rolling hills of this impoverished corner of the Navajo Nation.
Just like birds, alligators remain loyal to their partners for yearsOctober 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A decade long study on alligators has finally led to the conclusion that the they are as loyal to their mating partners as birds. Scientists from the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory claim that up to 70 percent of females chose to remain with their partner for maximum time.
Birds choose mates with same 'market value'October 8th, 2009 LONDON - Birds prefer to choose a mate who appears to be as attractive as themselves and has the same "market value", reveals a new study. In the research, boffins found that female zebra finches never tried to play out of their league and happened to choose low-quality males rather than their superior competitors.
The Pill 'turns women off macho men'October 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - It gives women control over their sex lives. But now it seems the contraceptive pill is changing women's taste in men.
Females 'don't fall for flashy males with strong sexual display'August 22nd, 2009 LONDON - In the marine world, attracting a mate can be really tricky. A new study on three-spined stickleback fish has found that females do not always trust males who emit strong sexual signals.
Jewish temple found in Turkey may date back to 3rd century ADAugust 13th, 2009 ANKARA - Archaeologists have uncovered a centuries-old Jewish temple in Antalya, Turkey, which may date back to the 3rd century AD. According to a report in Today's Zaman, ongoing excavations at the ancient port city of Andriake in Lycia - located in Antalya's Demre district - uncovered the centuries-old Jewish temple.
Bowhead whales sing love songs in different voicesAugust 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Hydrophones have revealed that bowhead whales can sing in different voices to attract a mate and thereby ensure the species' survival. This is probably because global warming has opened up the Northwest Passage in 125,000 years, enabling the 100 tonne bowhead whales of the northern Pacific to reach Disko Bay in Greenland to mate with other whales.
Window design can cut indoor electricity needs by 99pc in TropicsAugust 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Improved window designs and positioning that could let in more light can cut indoor lighting needs by up to 99pct in Tropical regions, say researchers. In Tropical regions daylighting leads to a significant rise in temperature, which has to be countered by air-conditioning if the occupants are to remain cool and comfortable.
Small town girls log on to search for suitable boyJuly 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Nineteen-year-old Deeksha Batra wants a perfect partner. She has not left the "job" to her parents alone but has turned to matrimonial sites to look for the "perfect" man.
Eco-friendly industrial lubricant developed by scientistsJuly 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A team of researchers from the University of Huelva, Spain, has developed an eco friendly lubricating grease based on ricin oil and cellulose derivatives.he new formula does not include any of the contaminating components used to manufacture traditional industrial lubricants. "The objective of this research was to develop a product that could be used as a lubricating grease but that was made only from natural materials and was therefore 100 percent biodegradable", said Jose Maria Franco, a chemical engineer at the University of Huelva and co-author of the study.
From math and science to 'matematik' and 'sains': Malaysia schools drop instruction in EnglishJuly 8th, 2009 Malaysia drops English used to teach math, scienceKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia announced Wednesday it will abandon the use of English to teach math and science, bowing to protesters who demanded more use of the national Malay language. Malay will be reinstated in state-funded schools starting in 2012 because teaching in English caused academic results in those subjects to slip, Education Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said.
Animals make more complex decisions about choosing mates than earlier thoughtJune 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Purdue University researchers have shown that animals make more complex decisions about choosing mates than earlier thought. Andrew DeWoody, who led the study published in the journal Molecular Ecology, says that it is not just major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes that animals use as the sole basis for mate choice.
New 'molecular clock' aids dating of human migration historyJune 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Researchers at the University of Leeds, UK, have devised a new 'molecular clock' that aids dating of human migration history. Estimating the chronology of population migrations throughout mankind's early history has always been problematic.
Culture, not biology, is to blame for gender disparity in maths performance at all levelsJune 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - While women have always been considered to be innately less capable than men at dealing with mathematical problems, researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have now said in a study report that the primary cause for the gender disparity in math performance at all levels is culture, not biology. Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the article analyses and summarizes recent data on math performance at all levels in the United States and internationally.
Math equations help analyse why 'blues progression' is so famous in musicMay 31st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Dalhousie math professor Jason Brown has once again applied mathematical principles to music to determine what make the blues "the blues". The professor, whose groundbreaking research has already deconstructed the opening chord to The Beatles' A Hard Days Night, has now made an attempt at analyzing the blues progression, which is said to be the "most famous chord progression in modern music".
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