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The Sydney Morning Herald: Flying in the face of the organic debate April 30, 2013
Le Huffington Post: Le sommeil rendrait les musiciens plus efficaces — étude April 30, 2013
Yahoo! News: Study shows 45% of Bitcoin exchanges end up failing April 26, 2013
Wired: Study — 45 percent of Bitcoin exchanges end up closing April 26, 2013
redOrbit: Economists Question Bitcoin Stability Despite Meteoric Rise In Value April 25, 2013
Study: High-volume Bitcoin exchanges less likely to fail, but more likely to suffer breach April 24, 2013
New York Times: Is Organic Better? Ask a Fruit Fly April 18, 2013
New Scientist: Bitcoin hits $200 but swapping for real money is risky April 15, 2013
Le Journal de la Science: Et si manger bio était bel et bien meilleur pour la santé? April 15, 2013
Musicians who learn a new melody demonstrate enhanced skill after a night’s sleep April 10, 2013
Fast Company: Organic Food Will Make You Live Longer And Be More Fertile (If You’re A Fly) April 5, 2013
Vancouver Sun: Does this happy marriage make me look fat? April 5, 2013
The Telegraph: Getting married makes you fat, say scientists April 5, 2013
Daily News: Does marriage make you fat? Happy newlyweds more likely to gain weight April 5, 2013
Mail Online: Happy marriage can be heavy going — smitten newlyweds pile on pounds April 5, 2013
Study finds that newlyweds who are satisfied with marriage are more likely to gain weight April 3, 2013
MNN: Organic food is good for flies, study finds April 2, 2013
NOvA neutrino detector in Minnesota records first 3-D particle tracks in search to understand universe March 28, 2013
Outside: Eating Organic Helps Flies Live Longer March 28, 2013
Dallas Observer: SMU Researchers Prove that Eating Organic Makes You Live Longer — If You’re a Fly March 28, 2013
The Atlantic: Eating Organic Food Associated With Longer Lives (in Flies) March 28, 2013
CBS News: Organic foods linked to better fertility, longevity in fruit flies March 27, 2013
UPI: Some organic food may be healthier March 27, 2013
Fruit flies fed organic diets are healthier than flies fed nonorganic diets, study finds March 25, 2013
Center for Creative Leadership to study innovative learning method of SMU Lyle School March 19, 2013
Houston Chronicle: Bible courses a mixed bag in school March 19, 2013
State of Belief: Teaching the bible at public schools in Texas March 14, 2013
Parenting program tackles child abuse and neglect among formerly homeless families March 6, 2013
Salon: How the religious right is undermining education March 4, 2013
UPI: Cosmic explosions give dark energy clues March 4, 2013
ANI News: Exploding stars offer clues to dark energy March 4, 2013
redOrbit: Astronomers Discover White Dwarf Supernovae March 1, 2013
The New York Times: In Texas, Public School Bible Classes Inch Toward Evangelism March 1, 2013
White dwarf supernovae are discovered in Virgo Cluster galaxy and in sky area “anonymous” February 26, 2013
Hiding in plain sight: How invisibility saved New Mexico’s Jicarilla Apache February 12, 2013
Observatório da Emigração: Interview with SMU’s Caroline Brettell February 11, 2013
Huffington Post: Texas Public Schools Teaching ‘End Times’ Theology, Creationism: Study February 7, 2013
Dallas Morning News: Fort Worth coelacanth fossil is missing link among world’s oldest animal lineages February 5, 2013
RD Magazine: New Report on Angels & Aliens in Texas Schools February 5, 2013
Star-Telegram: Movie on PBS puts Texas in odd light January 28, 2013
The Daily Campus: SMU contributes fossils to Perot Museum of Nature and Science January 21, 2013
Most Texas ISDs teaching Bible skirt 2007 state law January 18, 2013
ABC News 13: Study finds many school Bible classes ‘problematic’ January 18, 2013
Austin Statesman: Texas schools get poor marks on teaching unbiased Bible course January 18, 2013
Dallas Observer: Texas Public Schools are Still Teaching Ridiculous Things About the Bible January 18, 2013
Fox 29: Study Criticizes Texas Bible Classes January 18, 2013
Dallas Morning News: Report shows Bible courses in Texas public schools are biased, lack strong curriculum standards January 18, 2013
UPI: Study finds Jurassic ecosystems like today’s January 10, 2013
Red Orbit: Climate And Biota Have Been Ecologically Connected For Millions Of Years January 10, 2013
Oprah.com: Stress Myths — Debunked! January 9, 2013
Study finds Jurassic ecosystems were similar to modern: Animals flourish among lush plants January 7, 2013
KDFW Fox 4 Lone Star Adventure: Dinosaur at Lake Lewisville January 7, 2013
The Washington Post: The end of spanking? January 5, 2013
Dallas Morning News: Paleontologist puts passion for fossils to use as curator at Perot Museum January 3, 2013
TexasEscapes.com: The Bone Wars December 21, 2012
EARTH: Long-Lost Letters Shed New Light on 19th-Century Bone Wars December 18, 2012
The Texas Tribune: Coalition Publishes Study Touting Flagship Universities December 11, 2012
SMU contributes fossils, expertise to new Perot Museum in ongoing scientific collaboration December 3, 2012
Toronto Star: Parents have a key role to play in teaching healthy relationship skills November 9, 2012
SMU-North Texas Food Bank study will analyze causes of hunger in Dallas and rural North Texas November 6, 2012
SMU Professor Louis Jacobs honored with prestigious award from Texas science teachers October 31, 2012
National Geographic: New Coelacanth Species Discovered in Texas October 26, 2012
Sci-News.com: New Coelacanth from Early Cretaceous Discovered in Texas October 26, 2012
UPI: Bones of ‘living fossil’ found in Texas October 25, 2012
VOA: New 100-Million-Year-Old Fish Discovered in Texas October 25, 2012
NBC News: Climate-changing methane ‘rapidly destabilizing’ off East Coast, study finds October 25, 2012
Nature: Seismic signs of escaping methane under the sea October 25, 2012
100 million-year-old coelacanth discovered in Texas is new fish species from Cretaceous October 23, 2012
Academic achievement improved among students active in structured after-school programs October 5, 2012
Discover blog “80 beats”: Newly Unearthed Papers From Fossil Hunters Include An Ode to Bones October 5, 2012
Wired: Bone Wars — The Texas Connection October 5, 2012
SMU Geothermal Lab students are finalists in U.S. Department of Energy’s National Geothermal Student Competition October 1, 2012
CNN: Study links mutual fund decisions with religion September 25, 2012
New study on kingship and sainthood in Islam offers a striking new historical perspective September 14, 2012
Frontburner: Texas’ Bone Wars Studied by SMU Professor September 10, 2012
Texas frontier scientists who uncovered state’s fossil history had role in epic Bone Wars September 5, 2012
Circadian clock research may enable flexible designer plants; treat cancer and diabetes August 23, 2012
Dallas Observer: How Texas Came Within an Atom’s Breadth of Discovering the God Particle August 17, 2012
CBS DFW: Is Aerial Spraying Safe? August 16, 2012
The Guardian: Weatherwatch: Hotter, drier summers may mean more forest fires August 13, 2012
DMN: Cowlishaw: Research by SMU professor shows blades give Pistorius edge August 13, 2012
The Economist: Faster, higher, no longer August 9, 2012
Sports Illustrated: Fair or foul? Experts split over whether Pistorius has advantage August 6, 2012
New study: Running mechanics, not metabolism, are key to performance for elite sprinters August 1, 2012
Scientific American: Does Double Amputee Oscar Pistorius’s Prosthetic Legs Disqualify Him from the Olympics? July 26, 2012
Discovery News: How Olympic ‘Blade Runner’ Sprints Without Feet July 22, 2012
Science: Live Chat — Science at the Olympics July 19, 2012
Txchnologist: Are Women’s Scientific Achievements Being Overlooked? July 11, 2012
CBS This Morning: Heat Wave Headaches and SMU Fire Research July 11, 2012
The Telegraph: Cern announcement: after 50 years, the Higgs hunt could be over July 7, 2012
NatGeo: “God Particle” Found? “Historic Milestone” From Higgs Boson Hunters July 6, 2012
DMN: Dallas-area physicists had a hand in discovery of “God particle” July 5, 2012
CBS Channel 11: Long-fought discovery of elusive “God” particle brings joy to SMU physicists July 5, 2012
Observed! SMU’s LHC physicists confirm new particle; Higgs ‘God particle’ opens new frontier of exploration July 4, 2012
Dallas Observer: Has the “God Particle” Been Found? Let’s Ask the SMU Prof Who’s Been Looking. July 3, 2012
Post-Gazette: Study points to downside of spanking children July 3, 2012
Fiber-optic data link, now with DOE funding, is critical in the hunt for Big Bang’s “God” particle June 29, 2012
Prevention: Anxiety Is Draining Your Brain, But It Doesn’t Have To June 22, 2012
Moving 3D computer model of key human protein is powerful new tool in fight against cancer June 19, 2012
Climate Central: New Mexico Wildfire Now a Record-Setting ‘Megafire’ June 4, 2012
Human diabetes has new research tool: Overfed fruit flies that develop insulin resistance June 4, 2012
UPI: U.S. megafires put down to human activity May 19, 2012
Scientists face barriers to engaging with public, but still participate in outreach May 15, 2012
Ancient tree-ring records from southwest U.S. suggest today’s megafires are truly unusual May 15, 2012
Baylor Innovations: Don’t Panic, New Research Shows That Panic Attacks Are Not As Spontaneous As Once Thought May 7, 2012
SELF: How Exercise Can Make You Happy (in Just 20 Minutes!) April 30, 2012
The London Telegraph: Runner’s world: Usain Bolt and his entourage April 28, 2012
goodereader.com: E-Readers Engage Middle School Male Students April 25, 2012
USA Today: Despite opposition, paddling students allowed in 19 states April 24, 2012
Despite belief WIC improves infant health, new study finds no positive or negative impact April 17, 2012
digitalshift.com: Boys Value Reading More with Ereaders April 10, 2012
Imposing trade restrictions on parallel imports can motivate a firm to export, study finds April 10, 2012
Frontburner: SMU Research — Boys Prefer Reading on a Kindle April 4, 2012
Dark matter search may turn up evidence of WIMPS: SMU Researcher Q&A April 3, 2012
dailyRx: Digital Books Engage Young Readers April 3, 2012
Daily Mail Online: Can’t get your boy to read? Buy him a Kindle, say researchers March 30, 2012
Unconventional geothermal techniques a potential game changer for U.S. energy policy March 29, 2012
UPI: Study: E-readers improve boys’ reading March 29, 2012
Modeling the human protein in search of cancer treatment: An SMU Researcher Q&A March 27, 2012
Quantum Diaries: Cleaning the world’s biggest machine March 22, 2012
Middle school boys who are reluctant readers value reading more after using e-readers March 21, 2012
USA Today: Women scientists lose out on research prizes March 21, 2012
Fermilab: Tevatron experiments report latest results in search for Higgs boson March 7, 2012
Careers360: Learning the origins and evolution of mankind March 5, 2012
Fox 4 News: To spank or not to spank? March 2, 2012
India Abroad: Civic incorporation of newcomers does not mean abandoning who you are March 2, 2012
Study finds college students willing to donate genetic material to biobanks for research February 20, 2012
Nebraska Mosaic: Nebraska — A Gateway For Immigrants February 20, 2012
SMU News: 2012 Research Day at Southern Methodist University February 14, 2012
UPI: Study looks at how language excludes many in EU February 14, 2012
Time Healthland: Why Spanking Doesn’t Work February 9, 2012
Bloomberg Businessweek: End of Days February 9, 2012
KERA: Becoming a Citizen in North Texas February 3, 2012
Fermilab Today: Top quark mass team wages war on two fronts January 31, 2012
Anthropologyworks: SMU’s James Kennell among Top 40 cultural anthropology dissertations January 26, 2012
Vast majority of European Union citizens are marginalized by dominance of English language January 26, 2012
International Monetary Fund: A review of “How Many Languages Do We Need?” January 26, 2012
National Geographic: Andrés Ruzo, geothermal researcher January 25, 2012
National Geographic: Louis Jacobs, vertebrate paleontologist January 25, 2012
The New York Times: The Fast Life of Oscar Pistorius January 19, 2012
The Shorthorn: SMU’s Jodi Cooley sheds light on dark matter January 19, 2012
Science of Sport: Oscar Pistorius’ controversy continues to bubble January 13, 2012
GoodTherapy.org: Children Need Direct Answers after Interparent Violence January 5, 2012
Lawtalk research looks at popular legal expressions, identifies their historical origins December 21, 2011
KERA: The Unknown Stories Behind Familiar Legal Expressions December 16, 2011
Dallas Observer: As Physicists Near Discovery of God Particle, A Word With SMU Prof Involved In the Search December 15, 2011
SMU physicists at CERN find hints of long sought after Higgs boson — dubbed the fundamental “God” particle December 13, 2011
UPI: Infants: Public insurance better, cheaper December 9, 2011
NSF: New forecasting algorithm helps predict hurricane intensity and wind speed December 8, 2011
APA: The Exercise Effect December 7, 2011
The Economic Times: Indian, Vietnamese immigrants ‘Americanised’ but don’t lose own identity December 7, 2011
Public health insurance provides insured infants better, less costly care than private plans December 6, 2011
Anthropology study finds that immigrants from India and Vietnam become American over time December 6, 2011
A mathematical model determines which nations are more stable and which are more likely to break up November 18, 2011
Dallas Morning News: SMU professor studies mental lapses like Perry’s November 17, 2011
CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360: Should Children Be Spanked? November 14, 2011
WFAA News 8: Perry’s memory gaffe could be linked to studied health issue November 12, 2011
Nature: Oldest American Artifact Unearthed November 6, 2011
Wired: Lasers Power Pentagon’s Next-Gen Artificial Limbs November 4, 2011
USA Today: Beating video sparks talks on discipline of children November 4, 2011
Daily Mail: How energy from under the ground could power American homes with existing technology November 3, 2011
MSNBC: Energy from hot rocks abounds October 28, 2011
Forbes: Google Funded Project Confirms Vast Potential for Geothermal Energy October 27, 2011
USA Today: Blind archaeologist uncovers ancient childbirth inscription October 26, 2011
SMU Geothermal Lab project: Vast clean energy source confirmed by Google.org-funded geothermal mapping October 25, 2011
SMU faculty, students to help UNHCR clean up refugee camp water October 19, 2011
Major NEH grant allows teachers from community colleges, universities to examine Etruscan culture October 18, 2011
Ancient Etruscan childbirth image unearthed at SMU’s Poggio Colla is likely a first for western art October 18, 2011
The Guardian: Weatherwatch — Can the intensity of a hurricane be predicted? October 14, 2011
Post-Gazette: Bearing an eternal summer: Marketers target people’s mind-set, not age October 14, 2011
KERA: Engineering Hope: Research To Aid Injured Troops October 10, 2011
Boston NPR: Researchers Catch Parents Spanking On Tape October 7, 2011
Salon: What baseball tells us about racism September 30, 2011
In These Times: How Baseball Explains Modern Racism September 30, 2011
Dallas Morning News: Economic Freedom is Waning in the United States September 28, 2011
Researchers collaborate to study human-fire-climate interactions in New Mexico’s Jemez Mountains September 28, 2011
Inside Higher Ed: NSF Aims For Family Friendly Science September 27, 2011
D Magazine: David Meltzer and other “Dallas Big Thinkers” September 27, 2011
D Magazine: Bonnie Jacobs and other “Dallas Big Thinkers” September 27, 2011
HHS Healthbeat: Predicting Panic Attacks September 22, 2011
The Wall Street Journal: Seeing Signs of a Panic Attack Before One Happens September 21, 2011
Report: U.S. Economic Freedom Continues Fall; Global Average Declines September 20, 2011
The Atlantic: The Upside of a Panic Attack: The Worst Is Over Before You Know It September 16, 2011
David Sirota Talk Radio: MLB white favoritism lowers minority pitching performance September 16, 2011
Science News: Hints of dark matter reported, again September 16, 2011
White favoritism by Major League umps lowers minority pitcher performance, pay September 6, 2011
New York Times: Is Spanking a Black and White Issue? August 29, 2011
Dallas Morning News: Get back into shape by teaming up with a workout group August 26, 2011
SMU Daily Campus: Study suggests exercise helps anxiety August 24, 2011
The Atlantic: Being a College Professor Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be August 12, 2011
The Telegraph: The Pistorius problem – how South African blade runner’s artificial legs make him 10 seconds quicker August 11, 2011
National Post: Five things: The trials and tribulations of Oscar ‘Blade Runner’ Pistorius August 11, 2011
Wall Street Journal: Is Science Incompatible With Family? August 9, 2011
New York Times: As Debate Goes On, Amputee Will Break Barrier August 9, 2011
Time: Scientists — “We want more children” August 9, 2011
Patch: Panic Attack — It May Not Be a Sneak Attack After All August 8, 2011
Many top US scientists wish they had more children, with men especially dissatisfied August 8, 2011
ESPN: The Olympics loom for Oscar Pistorius August 5, 2011
Medscape: Panic Attacks Don’t Come Out of the Blue After All August 4, 2011
UPI: Panic attacks may be predictable August 4, 2011
mlive.com: For Grand Rapids therapists, exercise and counseling promote well being August 4, 2011
Men’s Health: Stay Calm through Any Challenge August 4, 2011
Out-of-the-blue panic attacks aren’t without warning; data show subtle changes before patients’ aware of attack July 26, 2011
Dallas Morning News: Prehistoric crocodile thought to have originated in Europe may be a native Texan July 20, 2011
Daily Mail: Meet the 25 ft prehistoric Texas crocodile who lived 100 million years ago July 19, 2011
KDAF: Dallas Parents Recorded Spanking Kids July 14, 2011
ESPN Grantland: Is the Fastest Human Ever Already Alive? July 14, 2011
New Texas Native: 96-million-year-old crocodile Terminonaris makes its first appearance in Texas, switches origins July 13, 2011
Regular exercise may help prevent the development of panic and related disorders July 12, 2011
ABC News: Parents Caught Spanking Children on Audiotape Real Time July 1, 2011
babble.com: Do Most Parents Spank or Hit Their Kids? June 29, 2011
Science Daily: Scientists Find Simple Way to Produce Graphene June 28, 2011
Time: The First Real-Time Study of Parents Spanking Their Kids June 28, 2011
Oil & Gas: Geothermal in the oil field, the next emerging market June 22, 2011
Live Strong: How Can Overweight Children Lose Weight Fast? June 22, 2011
Corporal punishment: Mothers’ self-recorded audio gives unique real-time view of spanking June 22, 2011
Youtube: Trailer of Projecto PaleoAngola documentary June 8, 2011
440-year-old parish survey by priest in Yucay Valley of Peru explains Inca decline under Spanish colonialism June 7, 2011
DMN: Why Texas should ban corporal punishment in schools June 6, 2011
Four outstanding SMU researchers named SMU’s 2011 Ford Research Fellows June 3, 2011
US News & World Report: Advertising Can Warp Your Memory June 2, 2011
Tiny teeth discovered from Inner Mongolia are new species of today’s birch mouse, rare “living fossil” May 23, 2011
Scientific American: Ads Convince Consumers of Nonexistent Experiences May 17, 2011
Faking It: Vivid print ads create false memories of trying nonexistent product May 9, 2011
Earth magazine: “Mapping Dino Footprints in 3-D” May 2, 2011
National Geographic: “Lost City Revealed Under Centuries of Jungle Growth” April 27, 2011
Study: Antibiotics, instead of emergency surgery, may better treat cases of nonperforating appendicitis April 26, 2011
Wall Street Journal: Archaeologist Binford Dug Beyond Artifacts April 18, 2011
CBC’s Quirks & Quarks: Recreating the Bamboo Age April 18, 2011
National Geographic: Volcano Pictures: First Descent Into a Magma Chamber April 13, 2011
3-D mapping of Guatemala’s “Head of Stone” confirms ancient Maya buildings buried beneath forest cover April 12, 2011
SMU Experts Discuss Anxiety Disorders April 12 & 19 as part of Godbey Lecture Series April 8, 2011
Modern-day bamboo tool-making shines light on scarcity of Stone Age tools from prehistoric East Asia April 7, 2011
Pilot study looks at women with rare Triple Negative breast cancer, which often strikes young women, minorities March 30, 2011
WFAA: Super Collider’s legacy lives on in Switzerland March 23, 2011
Associated Press: Projecto PaleoAngola discovers Angola’s first dinosaur March 23, 2011
Dallas Morning News: Texas interstates driving economy, growth March 22, 2011
WFAA: North Texan finds dinosaurs in our backyards March 22, 2011
Discovery News: Henry VIII’s eccentricities possibly explained March 11, 2011
Anthropologists link human uniqueness to hunter-gatherer group structure seen in present-day foraging societies March 10, 2011
Landmark education research aims to prepare nation’s middle school students for high school March 7, 2011
Blood group anomaly could explain Tudor king’s reproductive problems and tyrannical behavior March 7, 2011
Discovery News: Mystery Pterosaur in Texas Takes Flight March 2, 2011
Flying Texas reptile: World’s oldest Pteranodon? First specimen of its kind discovered as far south as Texas February 28, 2011
Dallas Business Journal: Firm is out to prevent neuron loss February 27, 2011
Popular Science: A New Interface For Bionic Limbs February 23, 2011
British Veterinary Association journal: Sex and the profession February 18, 2011
Gender gap: Selection bias snubs scholarly achievements of female scientists with fewer awards for research February 17, 2011
The Wall Street Journal: Help for Hyperventilating February 8, 2011
3D digital download of giant Glen Rose dinosaur track is roadmap for saving at-risk natural history resources February 7, 2011
LA Times: Ancestors may have left Africa earlier than thought January 28, 2011
New findings reveal that modern humans left Africa much earlier than previously thought January 27, 2011
SMU rises in Carnegie Foundation research classification to ‘high research activity’ January 26, 2011
Stump leads global consortium for seismic acquisition, management, open distribution January 26, 2011
New York Times: A Last Look at Mush Valley January 21, 2011
AVMA: Study seeks to explain feminization of veterinary profession January 14, 2011
Dallas Morning News: ‘Meta-parenting’ helps you give better guidance January 10, 2011
Cosmopolitan: Feeling stressed and panicked? Don’t take a deep breath! January 5, 2011
Live Science: Less is more when breathing to relieve panic January 5, 2011
Natl Geographic: Can Geothermal Energy Pick Up Real Steam? January 4, 2011
Archaeology: “Undiscovery of Year” to Meltzer for refuting comet theory January 4, 2011
2010 a year of advances for SMU scientific researchers at the vanguard of those helping civilization December 21, 2010
Rodents, diverse and abundant in prehistoric Africa, shed light on human evolution December 20, 2010
A new breathing therapy reduces panic and anxiety by reversing hyperventilation December 16, 2010
Novel compounds show early promise in treatment of Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, Alzheimer’s December 2, 2010
New child development theory bridges nature vs. nurture; parental guidance shapes child’s strengths December 1, 2010
CBS 11 DFW: Doctors using fiber optics for prosthetic limbs December 1, 2010
ABC 8: Minnesota mine could yield secrets of the universe to SMU professor November 29, 2010
Toronto Star: Male students getting rare as hen’s teeth at Ontario Veterinary College November 29, 2010
Discovery News: Why walking is harder for smaller people November 17, 2010
MSNBC: Take that, Stretch! Short people burn more calories walking November 15, 2010
Live Science: Archaeologist Recreates Stone Age Technology November 15, 2010
How much energy does it take to walk? New equation is first to calculate cost of walking November 12, 2010
Scientific American: Who Will Win: A Squirrel, an Elephant, a Pig or a Safety? November 12, 2010
Scientists issue call to action for archaeological sites threatened by rising seas, urban development November 11, 2010
BBC Radio: PaleoAngola project unearths ancient vertebrate fossils November 9, 2010
Popular Mechanics: The Animal Kingdom’s Top Marathoners November 8, 2010
Veterinary medicine shifts to more women, fewer men; pattern will repeat in medicine, law fields November 1, 2010
New Scientist: Robot limbs to plug into the brain with light October 22, 2010
Fast Company: How Google Cash Helped Find Geothermal Energy in West Virginia October 21, 2010
Ancient Africa mysteries: Evidence is weak for tropical rainforest 65 million years ago in Africa’s low-latitudes October 20, 2010
The Washington Post: Evidence increases that Neanderthals more closely linked to humans October 5, 2010
Science: West Virginia is geothermal hot spot, says SMU Geothermal Lab October 4, 2010
West Virginia is hot bed for geothermal resources: Green energy source in coal country, says Google-funded SMU research October 4, 2010
USA Today: Researchers — Clovis people didn’t disappear because of comet October 1, 2010
Natl Geographic: Trampling Skews Artifact Dates by Thousands of Years? September 30, 2010
No evidence for ancient comet devastating Clovis, says SMU archaeologist’s research September 29, 2010
Dallas Observer: SMU, DOD Partner Again, This Time on Prosthetics That Feel September 24, 2010
New York Times: Who Gets To Be An American? September 23, 2010
Taking a new look at old digs: Trampling animals can alter muddy Paleolithic sites September 23, 2010
The Taos News: Ft. Burgwin founder, SMU’s Fred Wendorf, leads off lecture series September 15, 2010
SMU leads $5.6M research center for fiber optic interface to link robotic limbs, human brain September 8, 2010
Scripps Howard News: SMU’s Millimet on school lunches linked to childhood obesity September 7, 2010
USA Today on SMU Guildhall study: Video game review scores influence consumers September 3, 2010
Science News: SMU’s Cooley hopes dark matter search in Minnesota mine will yield results September 3, 2010
Italy honors supervolcano fossil discovery; Capellini Medal to SMU’s James Quick September 1, 2010
Federal Fisheries Service aims to sustain ample fish stocks in U.S. coastal waters August 30, 2010
Inside Higher Ed: Having fewer children hits male scientists hard, finds Anne Lincoln research August 20, 2010
New analysis weighs lost trade, costs to control invasive species against economic damages August 19, 2010
Federal school lunches linked to childhood obesity, says SMU research August 19, 2010
Radio Netherlands covers Louis Jacobs’ research in Angola August 17, 2010
SMU Geothermal Lab and DOE host Wyoming geothermal conference August 16, 2010
Research could change course of treatment for cancer that spreads to bones August 11, 2010
UPI: Abusive mothers can improve parenting August 6, 2010
Africa’s cell phone boom can’t trump dire need for schools, roads, power, water August 4, 2010
Abusive mothers improve their parenting after home visits, classes and emotional support from therapists July 26, 2010
NSF funds research to unravel Arizona’s prehistoric puzzle: The Hohokam ceramic industry July 19, 2010
Research of new Dedman Dean Tsutsui spans Japan’s business, environmental and cultural history July 14, 2010
Farmers Branch, Tx.: Case study shows immigrants seen as threat to white, middle-class “American” identity July 6, 2010
Mad? Sad? Glad? People with severe mental illness can’t easily “read” their partner’s feelings; but there may be help June 28, 2010
TIME magazine: SMU’s Jasper Smits says exercise can help alleviate anxiety, depression June 21, 2010
SMU anthropologist to study mental health care needs of abused Mexican women immigrants June 9, 2010
Practicing assertiveness skills on virtual-reality “dates” may help women prevent sexual victimization June 3, 2010
Texas historical marker based on SMU research of women’s jury service May 27, 2010
AGI’s Earth magazine covers SMU seismic research in Barnett Shale region May 13, 2010
SMU physicist Nadolsky earns DOE Early Career Research Program Award May 12, 2010
National Geographic: Texas pterosaur Aetodactylus Halli in the spotlight after 95 million years May 10, 2010
Texas discovery: Rare 95 million-year-old flying reptile Aetodactylus halli is new genus, species of pterosaur April 26, 2010
USA TODAY: SMU’s Jasper Smits urges exercise Rx for anxiety, depression April 26, 2010
Guam TV: USGS-SMU project monitors Anatahan volcano April 21, 2010
Cockpit audio: Listen as volcanic ash plume causes 1989 engine failure of KLM flight 867 April 20, 2010
“Archaeology” magazine looks at childhood archaeology research of SMU’s Eiselt April 19, 2010
Softpedia headlines world’s fastest chip designed by SMU physicists April 12, 2010
Daily Telegraph highlights SMU’s Jasper Smits on exercise and mental health April 12, 2010
New high-speed integrated circuit for world’s biggest physics experiment is fastest of its kind April 7, 2010
Study: Exercise should be prescribed more often for depression, anxiety April 1, 2010
Children’s sense of threat from parental fighting determines trauma symptoms March 24, 2010
SMU’s Polcyn, Jacobs in Discovery Channel’s “Prehistoric Dallas” March 23, 2010
DOD funds tiny cave camera, iris recognition technology for military, homeland security March 17, 2010
Boston Review: Africa Calling — Can mobile phones make a miracle? March 15, 2010
SMU-UT study shows “plausible” connection between DFW quakes, saltwater injection well March 9, 2010
SMU’s Tart presents research linking antidepressants and obesity March 9, 2010
USGS-SMU volcano monitoring targets hazard threat to Marianas, U.S. military, commercial jets February 24, 2010
Chemistry’s Sumerlin named 2010-2012 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow February 19, 2010
BBC: Scientists report they may have glimpsed dark matter February 12, 2010
Theoretical universe: Olness to present at DESY premier research center February 9, 2010
Human running speed of 35-40 mph may be biologically possible January 21, 2010
Appendicitis linked to flu-like virus outbreaks January 20, 2010
Neutrino data to flow in 2010; SMU hosts NOvA scientists January 7, 2010
New mathematical model aids simulations of early universe January 5, 2010
Will high-density PICs be the next big thing? January 5, 2010
NY Times, Scientific American: SMU physicist presents team’s important dark matter find December 18, 2009
World’s first full skeletal mount of Paluxysaurus jonesi dinosaur reveals new biology December 10, 2009
Hunt for Higgs boson: Mass of top quark narrows search December 3, 2009
Researchers: Pistorius’ artificial limbs give him clear, major advantage November 17, 2009
Tropical Central Africa — now The Congo Basin — was arid, treeless during Late Jurassic November 10, 2009
Portable 3D laser technology preserves Texas dinosaur’s rare footprint November 2, 2009
DOE awards SMU $5.25 million to expand U.S. geothermal production November 2, 2009
Polcyn in New Scientist’s “Real Sea Monsters: Hunt for Predator X” October 28, 2009
Land snail fossils suggest eastern Canary Islands wetter, cooler 50,000 years ago October 27, 2009
Ethiopia 27 million years ago had higher rainfall, warmer soil October 22, 2009
Ethiopian fossils define prehistoric ecosystems, human evolution, climate change October 5, 2009
Nat Geo: Rare fossil supervolcano discovery in Italian Alps captures attention September 24, 2009
New Mexico “Childhood Archaeology Project” unearths centuries of change September 15, 2009
Polcyn in Discovery Channel’s “Mega Beasts: T-Rex of the Deep” September 14, 2009
Precedent for America’s move toward restitution for human rights abuses September 9, 2009
Christian Science Monitor: Usain Bolt and limits of human speed September 4, 2009
Angola: Final fossil frontier, museum in the ground September 2, 2009
Breathing technique can reduce frequency, severity of asthma attacks August 14, 2009
Study: Taboo prejudices can’t hide from psychological testing tool July 31, 2009
“Rosetta Stone” of supervolcanoes discovered in Italian Alps, reveals rare plumbing July 20, 2009
The Archaeology Channel interviews SMU’s Fred Wendorf July 16, 2009
New research partnership at The Archaeology Field School at SMU-in-Taos July 15, 2009
The 33 news: SMU developing micro camera for front-line soldiers July 9, 2009
Uncovering Angola’s ancient giants: Louis Jacobs’ presentation July 6, 2009
LA Times: Does amputee sprinter Pistorius have competitive edge? July 1, 2009
Wired: DARPA’s smart, flat camera packed with beady eyes July 1, 2009
Released: Previously confidential study results of amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius June 24, 2009
Déjà Vu research pushes around memory, creates illusion of past encounter June 19, 2009
Geothermal heat: Will Earth’s “hot rocks” become new “Texas tea”? June 15, 2009
SMU conference: Geothermal energy from oil, gas wells June 12, 2009
Defense News: Sharper image for military surveillance June 12, 2009
News reports: SMU deploys seismic stations to study earthquakes June 11, 2009
WFAA: SMU to study recent North Texas quakes June 10, 2009
Domestic violence: “Once an abuser, always an abuser” not always true May 20, 2009
Before God particle, scientists must learn soul of new machine May 20, 2009
Science morphs into science fiction in “Angels & Demons” May 19, 2009
Student researchers fan out from London to Buenos Aires to Taos May 11, 2009
“Peopling of the Americas” researcher awarded highest honor April 28, 2009
Dig at 16th-century site explores impact of Inca’s empire-building April 25, 2009
Evolution expert honored by Texas Freedom Network April 14, 2009
Chemical exposure now linked to Gulf War syndrome March 20, 2009
Discovery Channel: Dino young found safety in numbers March 20, 2009
‘Big iDeas’ net big bucks for SMU undergrads March 13, 2009
Icons of industry align with Texas universities to supercharge technology March 12, 2009
Lockheed Skunk Works® chief to lead-off SMU lecture series March 11, 2009
Hi-tech lens sharpens military surveillance March 10, 2009
LED inventor named SMU Distinguished Alumnus March 10, 2009
Chimú pottery: Peru’s conquering Inca left mark March 6, 2009
Discovery News: Surprise! Not all stegosaurs had short necks February 26, 2009
Barnett gas-drilling boom pollutes Dallas-Fort Worth air February 11, 2009
National Geographic: Rare fossil of pregnant whale is missing-link February 3, 2009
SMU engineering to collaborate on US DOD research January 27, 2009
Etruscan dig’s common objects are unprecedented finds January 22, 2009
Mistaken ID for official Texas state dinosaur; name to change January 13, 2009
Inventor of DRAM, SMU alum Robert Dennard, wins highest award January 8, 2009
Forget brainstorming, try brainwriting! January 5, 2009
Titanium-alloy technology simplifies dental implants December 20, 2008
Diabetics could get relief from daily injections December 8, 2008
Protecting brain’s neurons could halt Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s November 30, 2008
Blocking enzyme may prove novel way to thwart HIV November 21, 2008
Deep brain mapping could pinpoint Gulf War Syndrome November 19, 2008
Digging the Etruscans: Students unearth treasures in Italy November 13, 2008
Louis Jacobs co-writes, consults for international paleo video November 12, 2008
Biodiversity: Some species may always be endangered November 4, 2008
Psychological discomfort discourages eating disorders November 1, 2008
Earth’s inner heat holds promise of generating much-needed electric power in Northern Mariana Islands October 29, 2008
Tribe, urban poor supply insight into diabetes October 24, 2008
Taos: Modern archaeology goes beyond digging October 20, 2008
Pound-for-pound, chihuahuas and children expend more energy October 10, 2008
Deep breathing worsens panic-attack symptoms September 15, 2008
Neanderthals: “Don’t call me stupid!” August 25, 2008
Proton-smasher’s awaited flood of data creates big job for SMU researchers August 3, 2008
Skeptics aside, “computing with light” will replace silicon chip June 30, 2008
Gender gap at top U.S. universities for women scientists June 10, 2008
Aids, cancer targeted by biology researchers June 1, 2008
Faculty mentor student researchers in both lab, field June 1, 2008
Extreme reality: Women avoid sexual assault in virtual zone May 30, 2008
Financial-market research nets Venkataraman cash prize May 30, 2008
Vik named 2008 SMU Ford Research Fellow May 30, 2008
Christensen named 2008 SMU Ford Research Fellow May 30, 2008
Medical Tourism: Risky business to seek cheaper health care January 27, 2008
Ethiopian fossils to shed light on climate change December 1, 2007
Happy families can help child fight obesity July 8, 2007
Family Research Center helps children of family violence February 10, 2007
Wave research sorts earthquakes, blasts, nuclear testing June 1, 2006
Who and why? Déjà vu gets a second look June 1, 2005
New durable materials result from silicon polymers June 1, 2005
Jellyfish, squid propulsion aid new “micro” vehicle research June 1, 2005

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