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A
rare find
Professor
Jackie D. Corbin’s fascination with solving problems
and exploring mysteries harks back to his childhood in the
mountains of the poorest county in North Carolina.
November 17, 2003 - November 21, 2003
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Miraculous
Recovery of Maya Altar
Working together, archeologists, Maya villagers and Guatemalan authorities foiled
looter's attempts to sell a magnificent Maya altar that they had stolen.
November 7, 2003 - November 17, 2003
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| Neurons
that play truth or consequences
The "CEO" in
your brain appears to be concerned more about the consequences
of your actions than how hard they are to produce. That
is the implication of a detailed study of the neuronal activity
in a critical area of the brain, called the anterior cingulate
cortex (ACC), published in the Oct. 3 issue of the journal Science.
October 6, 2003 - November 7, 2003
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| Supernovae
Survey
A supernovae
survey by the Hubble Space Telescope confirm earlier, ground-based
studies which produced the first evidence that the universe is not
only expanding, but expanding at an ever increasing rate.
September 16, 2003 - October 6, 2003
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| Finding
the recipe for quark soup
An international
cadre of physicists may be on the verge of discovering the recipe
for primordial energy-matter soup called the quark-gluon plasma.
September 3, 2003 - September 16, 2003
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| Reach
for the Stars
Vanderbilt University
researcher Bob O’Dell’s dream of becoming an astronomer
took him from his Depression-era childhood in an East St. Louis
row house to becoming NASA’s chief scientist on the Hubble
Space Telescope program.
July 9, 2003
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| Testing
transgene fitness
A field study
finds that a transgene that protects commercial sunflowers against
white mold disease is unlikely to spread through wild sunflower
populations.
May 20, 2003
- July 8, 2003 |
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| Experts
view cars like faces
Featuring the
research of Isabel Gauthier , assistant professors of psychology
at Vanderbilt, and Tim Curran, assistant professors of psychology
at University of Coloradol
March 10,
2003 - May 20, 2003 |
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| Developing
a Robot Friday
Featuring the
research of Nilanjan Sarkar, assistant professors of mechanical
engineering, and Craig A. Smith, associate professor of psychology
and human development
February
10, 2003 - March 10, 2003 |
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| Diagnosing
Mental Disorders
Featuring the
research of Woo-Kyoung Ahn, associate professor of psychology
December
30, 2002 - February 10, 2003 |
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