Urban Legends: How They Start and Why They Persist
VOTE: We've collected some of the most persistent false tales around, now you can decide which is the most fantastic. My mother has this friend whose daughter got sick from rat pee on her soda can. Sound familiar? You've might have heard the same ... [... more]
Live Science |
How Things Persist
 Fine book on the persistence of physical objects: This is a good book. Hawley writes very clearly, her book is authoritative and well-argued. Hawley's strategy has two parts: first, with a "divide-and-conquer" method she wants to show that four- [... more]
$60.00
Amazon.com |
Hoping to Persist in Phoenix
A med school student falls in love with a Phoenix home, even though her residency may be elsewhere. Lisa is finishing medical school in Arizona and doesn't yet know where she'll be assigned to do her four-year residency. Since she thinks the odds ... [... more]
Home and Garden Television |
While Breath Persist
While Breath Persist [... more]
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A1 Books |
What Makes a Lefty: Myths and Mysteries Persist
From tales of Scottish swordsmen to Rocky Balboa and the myth of artistic talent, the causes and effects of left-handedness remain enigmatic. The picture on the left shows a counterclockwise hair whorl. One-half of people with counterclockwise ... [... more]
Live Science |
Xbox 360 Blu-ray Drive Rumors Persist
Microsoft is rumored to be prepping a Blu-ray drive, in the $100 to $150 range, for the Xbox 360 with the release date soon. In terms of the big computer manufacturers, we're not sure if Microsoft rumors tend to be as spot on as some of those ... [... more]
Electronic House |
Racial Disparities Persist in Endometrial Cancer
Adapted from the NCI Cancer Bulletin, vol. 3/no. 39, Oct. 10, 2006 (see the current issue). African American women with advanced stage endometrial cancer have lower survival rates than white women with the disease even when both groups receive ... [... more]
National Cancer Institute |
Symptoms Persist as Bipolar Children Grow Up
Bipolar disorder (BD) identified in childhood often persisted into adulthood in the first large follow-up study of its kind. Forty-four percent of children diagnosed with BD continued to have manic episodes as adults, in the study by NIMH grantee ... [... more]
Institute of Mental Health |
Cognitive Deficits Persist Into Early Adolescence for
More than 17 percent of pregnant women between the ages of 15 and 44 smoke, according to the 2002 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Much is known about the adverse effects of smoking during pregnancy: Cigarette smoke reduces blood flow ... [... more]
Institute of Drug Abuse |
Harmonics and Real World : Could Any Illusion Persist ...
Harmonics and Real World : Could Any Illusion Persist Herein? [... more]
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Why Gods Persist: A Scientific Approach to Religion
Why Gods Persist takes a look at possible social-scientific explanations for why religions persist. Robert A. Hinde shows us how religions involve structural beliefs, narratives, rituals, moral codes, religious experience and social aspects. Offering a [... more]
$37.95
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Differences That Persist Between the Reorganized Church ...
Differences That Persist Between the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and the [... more]
$8.48
A1 Books |
