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The food gap is widening more than ever
Nutritional disparities between America’s rich and poor are growing, despite efforts to provide higher-quality food to people who most need it. So says a large study just released from the Harvard...
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The Biology Of Altruism: Good Deeds May Be Rooted In The Brain
Altruism, and particularly costly altruism toward strangers, such as altruistic kidney donation, represents a puzzling phenomenon for many fields of science, including evolutionary biology, psychology,...
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What really causes aging?
There are few physical differences among a group of first graders. But if you check out the same group 65 years later, their physical differences outnumber their similarities. Some will be the epitome...
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Study: The number of kids that make couples most happy
Of course, having children is a source of joy, but like most things, it seems that might be true only in moderation. First and second children provide parents a boost in happiness up to a year before...
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The Unexpected Effect of Comfort Food on Bad Moods
81% of people believed comfort foods improve a low mood, but are they correct?Contrary to what most people believe, comfort food does not improve a low mood, a new study finds.The research, published...
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Gifted Men and Women Define Success Differently
According to a recent report, professional women and men measure success with varying factorsResearchers spent four decades studying a group of mathematically talented adolescents, finding that by...
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Gender Fairness Prevails in Most Fields of Academic Science
Women are significantly underrepresented in many science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields, and attempts to understand why have only resulted in disagreement among researchers, the lay...
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Whose Brains Work Faster:Left-Handers or Right-Handers?
All those parents in the '70s and '80s who made their left-handed children struggle to use their right hands may be kicking themselves right about now. As it turns out, left-handers might have the...
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Did Lower Testosterone Help Civilize Humanity?
A study of 1,400 ancient and modern human skulls suggests that a reduction in testosterone hormone levels accompanied the development of cooperation, complex communication and modern culture some...
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Focusing on Lasting Legacy Prompts Environmental Action
Prompting people to think about the legacy they want to leave for future generations can boost their desire and intention to take action on climate change, according to new research published in...
View ArticleTHE BRIDGE - THE DEFINITIVE LOOK AT CANADIANS AND SOCIAL NETWORKING ON THE...
Web 2.0 is here. Are you? Social networking is no longer a new phenomena as it was when we started the Bridge in 2007, it is however still growing at a substantial rate annually and has become an...
View ArticleWater use behaviour in Canadian households.
Dufferin Research Report.To assess water use behaviours in Canadian households, two waves of an online survey was conducted six months apart using a nationally representative sample. Respondents...
View ArticleDeath of print - not quite yet
There have been many articles, tweets and posts claiming the death of print such as Michael Rosenblum's Guardian piece below written after the cessation of the print version of Newsweek magazine....
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Strategic Analysis for the Municipality of Kanjiza
The municipality Kanjiza in Serbia is an overwhelmingly rural area with a rich tradition in agriculture and food production. Taking into consideration the geographical location of the municipality, as...
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Dufferin Research is pleased to announce that Anna Frank, working for our Serbian sister company for the past two years while finishing her PHD doctorate, now is offering expert consulting in Canada in...
View ArticleWhite paper: Environmental Assessment of Cloth vs. Disposal Diapers
Intro:In recent years there has been a growing awareness of the many environmental problems that exist such as global warming, ozone depletion, water and air pollution, excessive resource consumption...
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Dufferin Research - MIcrometeorology Study
Study preview (from the introduction).BACKGROUND OF URBAN HEAT ISLAND PHENOMENONIn the second half of XXth century urbanization reached significant level and because of this half of world population is...
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Men and Women Process Emotions in Different Ways
Study of 3,000+ finds men and women process emotions differently and this affects what they remember. Does emotion help us remember? That's not an easy question to answer, which is unsurprising when...
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Magical Effects Music Has On the Mind
Music can improve verbal IQ, aid in heart disease treatment, evoke colors in the mind and even help you see happy faces all around.Every fan of music knows the tremendous power it can have over both...
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Dufferin Research - MIcrometeorology Study
Study preview (from the introduction).BACKGROUND OF URBAN HEAT ISLAND PHENOMENONIn the second half of XXth century urbanization reached significant level and because of this half of world population is...
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