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Multicultural studies

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Research conducted on 38,000 individuals from 10 countries showed that mental depression is influenced by cultural factors. Results of the study showed depression to be lowest among Taiwanese and highest among Lebanese, which have been living in a war zone since the 1980s.

Author: Horgan, John
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1996
Demographic aspects, Depression, Mental, Depression (Mood disorder)

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Counting down

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Nuclear weapons control advocates hope that Pres Bush will reconsider his arms policy. Signers of the test ban agreement at the UN Conference on Environment and Development say it is a step toward international discontinuance of nuclear arms.

Author: Horgan, John
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1992
International aspects, Testing, Military policy, Nuclear weapons, Nuclear testing, Bush, George H.W., United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, 1992

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Quantum philosophy

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The quantum theory breaks traditions by offering possibilities instead of certainties in physics. Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr offered experiments, but quantum mechanics is still based on scientific investigation.

Author: Horgan, John
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1992
Research, Quantum theory, Quantum mechanics, Physics

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