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College rankings: Which countries have the best education systems?
A new higher education ranking focuses on evaluating quality by countries as a whole, rather than specific academic institutions. Here are some of the findings:
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Ideas for a better world in 2011
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Modern Parenthood Parenting roundup: Kate Middleton's pregnancy, puppies for rent, and more
Kate Middleton's pregnant, and was it bullying when two Nevada teens beat up a special needs student?
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Progress Watch Racial gap in life expectancy reaches new low in US
Between 2003 and 2008, the gap in life expectancy between white and black men fell from 6.5 years to 5.4, Canadian researchers found. For women, it fell from 4.6 years to 3.7.
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College rankings: Which countries have the best education systems?
A new higher education ranking focuses on evaluating quality by countries as a whole, rather than specific academic institutions. Here are some of the findings:
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Are crop yields the Achilles heel of organic farming?
Organic agriculture can't compete with conventional in terms of crop yields, according to a new study.
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Scientists create race of supersoldier ants
This discovery of oversized versions of soldier ants, whose job is to defend the nest, led researchers to create their own supersoldier ants in the lab with the help of a hormone.
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If someone calls you a rat, take it as a compliment
A new study found that rats display compassion for their fellow rodents, even if they have nothing to gain.
12/09/2011 12:46 pm -
Canada's 'kid' lawmakers poised to shake-up staid Parliament
Canada's recent election brought a crop of young lawmakers – including college students – to Parliament as members of the opposition New Democratic Party.
06/22/2011 04:18 pm -
Designing for dignity
Moshe Safdie's success doesn't distract from his desire to create habitats that fit cities – and honor the individual.
06/03/2011 04:52 pm -
Ideas for a better world in 2011
In many ways, 2010 is a year you may want to relegate to the filing cabinet quickly. It began with a massive earthquake in Haiti and wound down with North Korea once again being an enfant terrible – bizarrely trying to conduct diplomacy through brinkmanship. In between came Toyota recalls and egg scares, pat downs at airports and unyielding unemployment numbers, too little money in the Irish treasury and too many bedbugs in American sheets. Oil gushed from the floor of the Gulf of Mexico for three months, mocking the best intentions of man and technology to stop it, while ash from a volcano in Iceland darkened Europe temporarily as much as its balance sheets. Yet not all was gloomy. The winter Olympics in Canada and the World Cup in South Africa dazzled with their displays of athletic prowess and national pride, becoming hearths around which the world gathered. In Switzerland, the world's largest atom smasher hurled two protons into each other at unfathomable speeds. Then came the year's most poignant moment – the heroic and improbable rescue of 33 miners from the clutches of the Chilean earth. There were many transitions, too – the return of the Republicans in Washington and the Tories in Britain, the scaling back of one war (Iraq) and the escalation of another (Afghanistan), the fall of some powers (Greece) and rise of others (China, Germany, Lady Gaga). To get the new year off to the right start, we decided to ask various thinkers for one idea each to make the world a better place in 2011. We plumbed poets and political figures, physicists and financiers, theologians and novelists. Some of the ideas are provocative, others quixotic. Some you will agree with, others you won't. But in the modest quest to stir a discussion – from academic salons to living rooms to government corridors – we offer these 25 ideas.
12/26/2010 12:56 pm -
Shanghai test scores have everyone asking: How did students do it?
Shanghai, China, trounced the competition in an international test of 15-year-olds. The Programme for International Student Assessment measures skills in math, science, and reading.
12/09/2010 05:14 pm -
'Wonder material' graphene wins scientists 2010 Nobel Prize in physics
Graphene, a super-strong, transparent form of carbon one atom thick, could be used in displays, solar panels, and lightweight composites. Two Russian-born scientists found a way to isolate it, winning the 2010 physics Nobel Prize.
10/05/2010 04:53 pm -
'Let's Move': Michelle Obama takes on childhood obesity
First lady Michelle Obama has made childhood obesity her signature project with the 'Let's Move' campaign. Wednesday she takes the message to the national Parent Teacher Association at a National Legislative Conference in Arlington, Va.
03/10/2010 11:21 am -
Opinion Is Canada more pro-family than America?
Canadian families get generous parental leave, childcare subsidies, and guaranteed healthcare. Critics claim America can’t afford to follow suit, but it’s increasingly clear that it can’t afford not to.
02/16/2010 09:19 am -
Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games: Ice Hockey
In Canada, where hockey isn’t so much a sport as a way of life, the hockey tournament is being billed by some as the Olympic event to watch. Look for a strong Canadian men's team and a resurgent US women's team.
02/08/2010 04:09 pm -
Africa's continental divide: land disputes
African land reform, plot by plot, may be the foundation for solving so much else – from famine to poverty to genocide.
01/30/2010 08:47 am -
Tamils in Canada vote for independent homeland in Sri Lanka
In the latest such vote to be held by Tamils of Sri Lankan descent living abroad, members of the diaspora across Canada overwhelmingly voted “yes” on a referendum held Saturday calling for an independent homeland.
12/20/2009 12:38 pm -
Crocs stumble: anatomy of a fad or a rebound?
Maker of the fluorescent, smurf-like shoes appears to have staved off bankruptcy, but will it regain its former stride?
08/14/2009 01:00 am -
Tamils in Britain and Canada vow to sustain Sri Lanka struggle
In both countries, home to large Tamil communities, a new focus on using democratic means to address grievances.
05/21/2009 01:00 am -
Why Arab leaders embrace Sudan's indicted president
At the Arab League summit Monday, the UN secretary general condemned Sudan's expulsion of humanitarian aid groups in response to the ICC arrest warrant for Bashir.
03/30/2009 01:00 am -
In ruins for 18 months, a Palestinian enclave languishes in disrepair
Lebanese officials worry that Gaza has overshadowed efforts to help Palestinian refugees there rebuild from a 2007 battle between the Army and militants.
03/11/2009 01:00 am -
Québecois: maligned accent may have its roots in royal courts
Québec scholar Jean-Denis Gendron traces a 'relaxed, natural' accent to the time of Louis XIV.
10/28/2008 01:00 am -
Chapter & Verse Life imitates Harry Potter
10/22/2008 01:00 am -
Scientists challenge General Relativity. And Mr. Einstein wins again.
Two tests use cosmic laboratories to question if the laws of physics are universal.
07/08/2008 01:00 am -
'Swedish Seven' win hearts of Detroit's hockey faithful
Without them, some say, the Red Wings wouldn't now be contending for the Stanley Cup.
05/30/2008 01:00 am -
Lobster: U.S.-Canada turf war set to resume
Competing claims over Machias Seal Island may collapse the lobster industry there.
04/14/2008 01:00 am
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