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“IF I CAN’T HAVE YOU, nobody can.” Then he shot her. That story of a woman who was shot by her husband, and survived, is part of a powerful investigative report on domestic violence by the Charleston, South Carolina, The Post and Courier which Monday won the 2015 Pulitzer…
Someone once made the comment that “all theology is biography.” A person or theologian goes through an existential crisis and pursues answers and ends up establishing a whole new system of theology. What I’m finding out with The Research Project is that research is also often biography. A researcher or other random person is confronted with a…
This week’s edition of The Research Project is the first one where I actually contacted one of the researchers involved for input. In this case Professor Alan Mantooth of the University of Arkansas was kind enough to give me feedback on what appears below. I hope to continue this practice regularly. Disclaimer: If you already…
The headline read, “Breast Milk Can Be Risky” so I decided to read the article even though I don’t usually read what this author writes about. I’ve heard so much about how great breastfeeding is and all the vital nutrients that breast milk provides. How could there be risk involved? As it turns out the…
When was the last time you heard about a hurricane hitting the state of Arizona? Can’t remember? Neither can I. But yet the best new research on predicting the frequency of hurricanes appears to come from a graduate student and his professor at the University of Arizona (UA). The student, Kyle Davis, and his professor,…
What can I say about Alaska? Many people are attracted to it’s unpolluted wilderness areas, abundant wildlife and natural beauty. Me? If I ever get the chance to go to Alaska I would go but it isn’t very high on my bucket list. Here’s what caught my attention in research in from the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA): Ryan…
Jesus Uses an Ass for His Work: Oh What Comfort This Sweet Sentence Gives.
Welcome to a 50-week adventure in research blogging. My grand plan is to explore the research that is being done at the major universities in each of the 50 states in our country and then blog about it once a week. Some of the criteria I will follow in selecting research to blog about are:…
Here is my response to the prompt: Beach, mountain, forest, or somewhere else entirely? (https://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_prompt/places/) They say there are only three rules in the real estate business: location, location, location, which basically means that the value of a piece of property is based on its location. A run-down house in a good neighborhood is worth…
Every March 14 (3.14) is Pi Day. Pi is the ratio between a circle’s circumference and its diameter. Since this ratio is approximately 3.14 for a circle of virtually any size, pi is known as a mathematical constant. Pi is also a fascinating number because its decimal representation never ends and never settles into a permanent repeating…
Mirror Neurons 