EPA promotes cell phone recycling
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has teamed up with cell phone makers, service providers, and retailers to promote cell phone recycling.
Environment
Jan 8, 2008
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Marketing the South: Commercial mythmaking and reshaping of popular memories
The historical, competitive, and ideological factors that structure the practices of commercial mythmaking remain largely unexplored and undertheorized. Now, a study from the February 2008 issue of the Journal of Consumer ...
Other
Jan 8, 2008
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Astronomers discover ancestors of Milky Way-type galaxies
Astronomers at Rutgers and Penn State universities have discovered galaxies in the distant universe that are ancestors of spiral galaxies like our Milky Way.
Astronomy
Jan 8, 2008
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Americans pay the most for prescription drugs and still don't take them
An international study of dialysis patients shows that although U.S. residents have the highest out-of-pocket drug costs, even those who can afford their prescription drugs are far less likely to take them than patients in ...
Other
Jan 8, 2008
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Humans have caused profound changes in Caribbean coral reefs
Coral reefs in the Caribbean have suffered significant changes due to the proximal effects of a growing human population, reports a study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B.
Jan 8, 2008
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Stimulating the appetite can lead to unrelated impulse purchases
Exposure to something that whets the appetite, such as a picture of a mouthwatering dessert, can make a person more impulsive with unrelated purchases, finds a study from the February 2008 issue of the Journal of Consumer ...
Other
Jan 8, 2008
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True story? Men prefer 'chick flicks' when they are explicitly fictionalized
Characterized by a heart-tugging plot, emotional melodrama is a subtype of dramatic entertainment that fosters deep emotional reactions on the part of the consumer. Often labelled “chick-flicks,” “tearjerkers,” or ...
Other
Jan 8, 2008
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Hubble Finds that 'Blue Blobs' in Space Are Orphaned Clusters of Stars
Finding blue blobs in space sounds like an encounter with an alien out of a science fiction movie. But the Hubble Space Telescope's powerful vision has resolved strange objects nicknamed "blobs" and found them to be brilliant ...
Astronomy
Jan 8, 2008
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When shorter waits increase stress
People hate to wait, says common customer service insight. Marketers will hype their earnest attempts to shorten waiting times or at least promise to provide customers with information or distractions to make the waiting ...
Other
Jan 8, 2008
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Swift, Gemini probe mysterious explosion in the distant past
Using the powerful one-two combo of NASA’s Swift satellite and the Gemini Observatory, astronomers have detected a mysterious type of cosmic explosion farther back in time than ever before. The explosion, known as a short ...
Astronomy
Jan 8, 2008
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