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About Those Gender Differences

Saw the news on how much men and women talk. Seems some scientists toted up the oral output and got the same number of words from each gender.

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Related Topix: Psychology, Science

Sun Jul 05, 2009

Scientific American

What Your Choice of Words Says about Your Personality

No one doubts that the words we write or speak are an expression of our inner thoughts and personalities.

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Related Topix: Psychology, Science, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, John McCain

Fri Jul 03, 2009

University of North Texas News Service

UNT receives additional funds to digitize historical Texas newspapers

DENTON , Texas -- The front page of the Sept. 10, 1900, issue of the Houston Daily Post contained an eyewitness account from a Houston businessman of "the great disaster that had befallen the nearby city." In the account, the newspaper reported that "at least 1,000 people" had been drowned, killed or missing.

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Related Topix: Texas, Denton, TX, Libraries, University of North Texas, Unit Corporation, Energy, Oil & Gas

Thu Jul 02, 2009

American Libraries

Spectrum Scholarship winners announced

The American Library Association's Office for Diversity has chosen its 2009 Spectrum Scholars.

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Related Topix: Libraries, African-American, University of North Texas, University of South Florida

Wed Jul 01, 2009

JOM

July 2009 Cover: The cooling towers of the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant are ...

With June comes summer, and with summer comes beach reading. This month, in keeping with our Electronic Materials theme, JOM asks: Which materials-related titles would you be most likely to take with you on a summer vacation? The poll is conducted via the JOM Reader Zone of the TMS Discussion Board .

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy, Materials Science, Science

Tue Jun 30, 2009

American Chronicle

Florida State Ranked No. 3 in Nation for Contributions to Arts Research

The Florida State University is one of the nations most prolific research institutions in the arts, according to rankings recently released by Science Watch that place Florida State third among the universities with the most published papers in the field of performing arts between 2003 and 2007.

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Related Topix: Florida State University, New York University, City University of New York, Columbia University, Don Gibson, Country, Opinion

Mon Jun 29, 2009

Times Record News

Patsy McGregor Hawkins Wilkerson

Patsy McGregor Hawkins Wilkerson moved to Heaven on Friday, June 26, 2009, where she joined her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and was reunited with a host of family members and friends.

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Related Topix: Wichita Falls Metro, Wichita Falls, TX, Texas, Stephens College, Dallas Metro

Sun Jun 28, 2009

People's Daily

Youth feel pressure of looking after aging parents

Zhang Ying has decided to return to China from the United States next year, not because of the financial crisis, but to better care for his parents.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Social Security, Personal Finance, Family, Elderly

Space Ref

University of Texas at Austin 'Picosatellite' To Be Launched from...

PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Source: University of Texas-Austin - Comments AUSTIN, Texas -- In an initial step toward the first successful rendezvous and docking of very small satellites without human control, a pair of miniature "picosatellites" built by University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University engineering ...

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Related Topix: Austin, TX, Texas, Austin Metro, Texas A&M University, Science / Technology, Space

Sat Jun 27, 2009

Austin American Statesman

Elegant midcentury modern house traces history to Texas' first black architect

Restored East Austin house is on the market for $515,000. By Jane Sumner SPECIAL TO THE AMERICAN-STATESMAN Sunday, June 28, 2009 You know when you see it: The Philips House is something special.

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Related Topix: Home Listing, Home, Texas, Austin, TX, African-American

Fri Jun 26, 2009

Mae West in New York

Mae West: Farrah Fawcett

Born in Corpus Christi, Texas, Farrah Fawcett [2 February 1947 - 25 June 2009] attended the University of Texas at Austin, attracting attention for her beauty and bountiful mane.

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Related Topix: Charlie's Angels, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Pop/Rock, Farrah Fawcett, Mae West, Emmy Awards

Thu Jun 25, 2009

NBC 15 Online

Farrah Fawcett Has Died - ET

Farrah Fawcett Has Died Farrah Fawcett died this morning at 9:28 at the St. John's Health Center in Los Angeles after a courageous and lengthy battle with cancer.

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Related Topix: Charlie's Angels, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Farrah Fawcett, Corpus Christi, TX, Corpus Christi Metro

CSRwire.com

AT&T Awards Annual Environmental Fellowship Funding

CSRwire.com - DALLAS, June 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T* today announced the 2009 recipients of fellowship awards through its Industrial Ecology Faculty Fellowship program.

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Related Topix: University of Colorado Denver, SUNY Albany, Cable & Satellite, Telecom, ATT

Wed Jun 24, 2009

Nanotechnology latest papers

Three-dimensional selective growth of nanoparticles on a polymer microstructure

We demonstrate a new technique for selectively growing gold nanoparticles on a patterned three-dimensional polymer microstructure.

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Related Topix: Austin Metro, Austin, TX, Science / Technology, Nanotechnology

Tue Jun 23, 2009

KRLD NewsRadio 1080

Poll Finds Economy Top Concern For Texans

That's according to the nonpartisan Texas Lyceum Poll released Tuesday. The poll annually tests Texans' attitudes on current events.

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Related Topix: Texas, Personal Finance, Retirement, Gay/Lesbian

Mon Jun 22, 2009

Austin American-Statesman

McCracken: Austin should join race to be leader in clean energy

On Tuesday, Environmental Defense Fund will present a preview of findings and recommendations for how Austin can lead in clean energy and ask the public for comment.

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Related Topix: Austin, TX, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Opinion

El Paso Times

Pharmacists-to-be get white coats: Ceremony sends students to UT Austin

Darrell McCreary thought he was going to miss seeing his son, Julian, receive his white coat for the pre-pharmacy graduation at University of Texas at El Paso on Friday night.

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Related Topix: El Paso, TX, El Paso Metro, University of Texas at El Paso

Sun Jun 21, 2009

The Cincinnati Enquirer

Today's men have a new 'daditude'

Today's fathers may well take parenting as seriously as their mates, but unlike many moms, dads don't view it as a competitive sport.

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Related Topix: Parenting, Family, Berkeley, CA

Guardian Unlimited

After 40 years' reflection, laser moon mirror project is axed

US research that began with the first Apollo landing - and helped to prove that the moon is moving away from Earth - is to be axed An experiment, begun when Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin left a mirror on the lunar surface 40 years ago to allow Earth-based astronomers to fire lasers at it, has been ended by American science ...

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Apollo 11, Buzz Aldrin, Astronomy, Science, Texas

Sat Jun 20, 2009

El Paso Times

James R. Huffines: Texas' higher education gets significant push

As our nation's economy continues to struggle -- and its impact on states from California to Florida has roiled higher education to sometimes painful extremes -- there is a bright spot in Texas.

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Related Topix: Texas Government, Texas, Florida, Florida Government, Texas A&M University, University of Texas Medical Branch, Opinion

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