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Vision and Hearing Work Together to Help Us Catch a Moving Target
Psychology Professor Dennis Shaffer finds that chasing down a moving object is not only a matter of sight and sound; it is also a matter of mind.
Anthropologist Predicts Major Threat to Species Within 40 Years
Jeffrey McKee, professor of anthropology, finds that ongoing global growth in the human population will crowd out mammals and birds and has the potential to threaten hundreds of species with…
Remembering Theoretical Physicist and Nobel Laureate Kenneth G. Wilson
Former Ohio State Physicist and Nobel Laureate Kenneth G. Wilson, who helped revolutionize the field of physics, then transformed the way physics is taught, died June 15, 2013.
Under the Microscope: Ticks and Mites Cannot Hide at Ohio State's Acarology Laboratory
Ohio State's Acarology Summer Program kicks -off its 62nd year on June 24 with folks attending from 12 countries around the world.
Spatial Statistics, Know It or Not, Is Making a Difference Everywhere
Applications of spatial statistics are advancing studies in a range of important areas, having an effect on our lives, whether we know it or not.
Teens Living in Poor Areas at Risk for Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI)
Adolescents living in neighborhoods rife with poverty are at an increased risk of getting the sexually transmitted infection (STI) chlamydia in young adulthood.
Psychology Professor Finds Men and Women Perpetuate Stereotypes About Sexual Behavior
Terri Fisher, professor of psychology (Mansfield), has authored a new study showing that men and women lie about their sexual behavior to match the expectations of gender stereotypes.
Geoffrey Parker's New Book on Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century
Historian Geoffrey Parker is the author of a new book, "Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century."
Psychology Researchers Find That Some Textbook Visuals Impede Learning
Psychology researchers find that adding captivating visuals in a textbook to attract children’s interest may make it harder for them to learn.