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Calculate Defined
Comes from calculus, the Latin word for pebble. In Ancient Rome, as in Ancient Greece, pebbles were used in the abacus or counting frame in order to carry out basic arithmetic computations (see abacus and exchequer).
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Excerpt: Science Defines Future of War
Published November 21, 2008, 9:19 pm, Wired News
The future of war is filled with poison gas, germ warfare and nuclear weapons. Each technological change shapes the risk calculations of our primate brains.
Robyn O'Brien: Momonomics 103: The Price Tag of Health Care
Published November 21, 2008, 1:53 pm, HuffingtonPost
Today it is estimated that 50 per cent of Hispanic and African-American children will develop diabetes, that 1 in 90 boys has autism, and that 1 in 4 children has asthma. Presented By: Expedition Week Continues Tonight Seven nights of one great discovery after another continues tonight at 9P e/p only on National Geographic Channel. From the ancient ...
Election Postmortem: Technology and the Press
Published November 21, 2008, 12:27 pm, Columbia Journalism Review
The 2008 presidential campaign found the political press embracing technology and interactivity like never before. (Or, at least, attempting to do so.) During the primaries, number-crunching delegate counters appeared on numerous news sites.
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Published November 21, 2008, 10:44 am, The Capital
Childhood obesity grew steadily from the 1980s until it leveled off recently. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that about a third of American kids are overweight or obese.
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Published November 21, 2008, 1:07 am, Fijilive.com
WELCOME GUEST! In making a decision, our brains operate like a bookie's computer, weighing the actions of others in the same way that we learn from our mistakes in order to calculate the odds, according to a study released Wednesday.
Cambridge, Mass. Is a Science Lover"™s Kind of Town
Published November 20, 2008, 11:38 pm, The Tech
By Ethan Gilsdorf THE NEW YORK TIMES When you run an ice cream parlor down the street from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, you expect your customers to chat about stem cell research or trade theories about neutrinos between licks of burnt caramel. But Gus Rancatore, whose Toscanini’s shop in Cambridge, Mass., is renowned as much for its deep-thinking clientele as for its sundaes, ...
It"™s time for TCU fans to say their goodbyes
Published November 20, 2008, 10:04 pm, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
GIL LeBRETON A few minutes before kickoff Saturday afternoon, TCU linebacker Jason Phillips will run onto the field through the south end zone tunnel at Amon G. Carter Stadium for the final time. The same for Blake Schlueter. Robert Henson. James Vess. Aaron Brown. Twenty-two TCU seniors in all. A mostly purple-clad audience, expected to number around 30,000, will routinely rise to its feet ...
About the World's Best Colleges Rankings
Published November 20, 2008, 1:07 pm, US News & World Report
More students are eager to explore the higher education options that exist beyond their own borders.
Novatel Wireless to Host Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call Today
Published November 20, 2008, 1:05 pm, Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
SAN DIEGO----Novatel Wireless, Inc. , a leading provider of wireless broadband access solutions, will host a conference call today to review its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2008 and discuss management’s outlook for the fourth quarter of 2008.
Standard model gets right answer for proton, neutron masses
Published November 20, 2008, 12:55 pm, Science News
Correct calculation strengthens theory of quark-gluon interactions in nuclear particles
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- Compound Interest: Compound interest may be contrasted with simple interest, where interest is not added to the principal (there is no compounding). Compound interest predominates in finance and economics, and simple interest is used infrequently (although certain financial products may contain elements of simple interest).
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