For the past 12 years or so, the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys, part I, II and III, have been continuously analyzing the night sky, in an attempt to create digital 3D maps of how matter is distributed throughout. At this point, experts are trying to calculate how cosmic mass clumps up together based on these data.
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12 January 2012
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A new Dutch study concluded that an angry boss can sometimes stimulate employees into being more creative, as some people have better performances once they receive an angry feedback or assignment.Nevertheless, directed at the wrong person, the anger will be taken as an aggression and the person's creativity cou... |
1 September 2010
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Chances are most of us have already found ourselves in a situation in which we’ve had a superior yell and belittle us whatever the reason, meaning, regardless of whether we did something wrong or not. Until not long ago, researchers believed bully bosses were so aggressive because they wanted to hold on to thei... |
15 October 2009
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Understanding the current state of the Universe has less to do with analyzing the way things are now, and more to do with finding out how things were in the early days, when the first galaxies and black holes appeared from the chaos that existed after the Big Bang. For this very purpose, experts with the Sloan Digita... |
14 October 2009
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During the night of September 14-15, the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) experienced its first light, in an event that marked the beginning of a new type of quest for dark matter. The new method relies on the now-emerging technology known as baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO), which may have the ability... |
2 October 2009
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A recent study showed that women who embrace a more assertive attitude at the work place – the so-called “alpha” women – are more likely to earn more than those who come across as simply too good to be true or, oppositely, as neurotic. However, were women to have a choice in the election of th... |
13 August 2009
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Microsoft and Yahoo may have finally reached an agreement, with Bing powering Yahoo Search for the next 10 years, but the deal raises a lot of questions about some of Yahoo's products and technologies based on or related to search. The biggest concerns are about SearchMonkey, its structured data offering for dev... |
30 July 2009
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A new study demonstrates that people who over-appreciate themselves usually emerge as leaders of previously leaderless groups. This is because their overconfidence in their own abilities often becomes accepted by the respective groups and integrated in their regular beliefs, which makes narcissistic people more likel... |
8 October 2008
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A recent study developed in hospitals shows that the behavior of male bosses (as in, the way they dress or issue orders) is linked to our evolution as a species. Scientists from UNSW have learned that the behavior of ancient leaders and groups, such as the protection of own belongings and territory, domination a... |
6 October 2008
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The search advertising market has become more and more competitive, and none of the leading companies wants to fall behind. Today, Yahoo! introduced a new type of API that allows the advertisers to blend in their "special sauce," which is how the representatives of the company refer to the possibility of intervening ... |
10 July 2008
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Throughout the years we've seen so many video games turned into games. Many movies have also been turned into games, since a certain fashion spawned trying to make more money based on a Hollywood production.But I don't think many would have bet on a British TV Show. After turning very popular in North Ameri... |
16 November 2007
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Here's an interesting piece of news for Guitar Hero fans. According to a recent post up on RollingStone.com, Rage Against the Machine's guitarist Tom Morello will be featured in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock as one of the game's bosses, giving you a little taste of what it's like to achieve suc... |
1 September 2007
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