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Michael Gove on mathematics and civilisation More recently some have argued that experiences is driven by evolutionary biology or geography or simple demography. But the truth, as I suspect everyone in this room knows, is that history is driven, above all, by mathematics and the power it gives us to and more » |
The secret lives of scientists
Based on slighting anecdotes and research from fields as disparate as demography, sociology, economics and genetics, Hvistendahl speculates about what this means for everything from bride buying and sex trafficking to manly violence, and why it might be and more »
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Berman and Sherman may face off in newly drawn districts In an check out with The Journal, Sherman seemed to draw confidence from the demography of the new district. He said he would retain 51 percent of the constituents he has now, 30 percent of voters he hardened to represent in his previous district, and more » |
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Life expectancy in state dips Clifford Holley, interim foreman of the University of Mississippi's Center for Population Studies, dug out more possible answers, including out-migration. Healthier persons are the ones who be liable to leave the state, he said. and more » |
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Healthier women have twins Demographer Ken. R. Smith, superior author of the study and a professor of family and consumer studies states that: "The findings do not mean having twins is tonic for women, but instead that healthier women have an increased chance of delivering twins |
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MJ Andersen: As Americans age, Alzheimer's huge challenge looms MJ Andersen: As Americans age, Alzheimer's massive challenge loomsNow we have demographers. They crunch numbers, assemble graphs and charts. And as they look to 2050, their braids is standing on end. As the demographers see it, the problem is not just that the US population is aging. It is that growing numbers will |
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The Region: Rahm Emanuel? Really? The author is director of the Global Research in International Affairs Center (www.gloria-center.org) and editor of Middle East Reconsideration of International Affairs (MERIA) Journal and Turkish Studies. He blogs at http://pajamasmedia.com/barryrubin.and more » |
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Climate Change Impact: Underestimated? That digit, which they reported in the journal Population and Environment, is 35 percent higher than the estimated 12.5 million people who would have been predicted to be at gamble if the study had considered population levels in the year 2000. and more » |
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A Unique Child: Cognitive development - Left-handed and right-handed Mammal Cognition Johnston, DW et al (2009). Nature's Experiment? Handedness and early childhood development. Demography, 46(2), pp281-301 McManus, IC et al (1988). Unfolding of handedness in children. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, |
