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  Investing in Women

  By Chaniga Vorasarun | Tue Oct 27, 2009 1:12 PM ET

  with less. Especially following a market meltdown precipitated by excessive risk-taking, turning to companies with women at the helm makes sense. A University of Chicago study shows that in general, men tend to make riskier bets than women.The saying goes there would be no wars if women were i Read More

  More like this in: The New York Times, Business, Recession, Investing, Investment, Zurich, World, Business, Europe, Good Ideas, Stocks & Investing, Economy, Culture
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  Treasure Hunting

  By Courtney Rubin | Tue Oct 20, 2009 3:41 PM ET

  of Beijing’s Tsinghua University is studying 100 old photographs taken after the looting.James Hevia, a professor of international history at the University of Chicago who specializes in looted artifacts from 1860-1900, told the UK’s The Telegraph he wished the Chinese well and that the Read More

  More like this in: China, The Telegraph, France, Museums, Beijing, Harvard University, British Museum, China Daily, Yves Saint Laurent, Library of Congress, Sabotage
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  Chocolate Eases Pain

  By Courtney Rubin | Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:38 PM ET

  say.The reason? Distraction. (A drink for pleasure – and not necessarily of the alcoholic variety – will also do the trick.)Researchers at the University of Chicago gave rats either a chocolate chip, sugar water, or regular water. As the rat swallowed, a light-bulb beneath the cage wa Read More

  More like this in: Chocolate, Science Daily, Journal of Neuroscience, World, Science, Life & Style, Americas, Innovation & Discovery, Health & Fitness, Food & Drink
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  T. Rex and Mini-me

  By Lisa Jo Rudy | Thu Sep 24, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  in China, goes by the name Raptorex kriegsteini.  One hundred times smaller than the T. rex, its discovery came as a surprise to researchers at the University of Chicago. Beyond adding to our general knowledge of prehistoric life, Raptorex is already changing scientists' understanding of dinosau Read More

  More like this in: China, Fossils, Tyrannosaurus Rex, World, Science, Asia, Life Sciences
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  Googling for Endangered Species

  By Steve Tanner | Tue Sep 8, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  solution for the problem of assigning importance from the perspective of secondary extinctions in all analyzed networks."Stefano Allesina of the University of Chicago's department of ecology and evolution and Mercedes Pascual of University of Michigan, the paper's co-authors, say the tweake Read More

  More like this in: Google, Technology, University of Michigan, Mountain View, Endangered Species, Censorship, Ecology
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  The Idiot's Guide to the Financial Crisis

  By Ben Corbett | Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:12 AM ET

  Allende, Pinochet was saddled with rebuilding an essentially broken economy. In response, he hired a handful of Chilean economists trained at the University of Chicago's business school. Known as the “Chicago Boys,” these 25 slick young grads were charged with reshaping the Chile into Read More

  More like this in: Economy, Business, Recession, Unemployment, Asia, Entrepreneur, Employment, Chile, Financial Crisis, Bernie Madoff, Automobiles
• Enabling Citizen Journalism

  By Jimmy Langman | Thu Jun 18, 2009 9:05 AM ET

  YouTube and others step up to help protesters in Iran. Read More

  More like this in: Twitter, The New York Times, Education, YouTube, Iran, Censorship, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian Election
• From Top to Bottom: Go Vegan!

  By Bhaskar Bhattacharjee | Mon May 11, 2009 6:47 PM ET

  people of all the ages to eat gleefully. What's good for you is also good for the planet. Gordon Eshel and Pamela Martin, who research at the University of Chicago, cite that a compact vegan dietary program can help a person to curb CO2 emissions by 1485kg every year. From top t Read More

  More like this in: Chicago, Diet, Drinking, Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Garden, Heart Disease, Ice Cream, Vegetarianism, Veganism, Dairy Products