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Why people use mobile device during meetings
Washington, July 5 (ANI): It’s not communication overload but peer behaviour that determines whether people use their laptops or smart phones during a meeting, say researchers at The University of Texas at Austin.
It was believed that the more people experienced communication overload, the more they would engage in electronic multitasking during meetings.
But the study on [...]
Fire an integral part of global climate change, say scientists
Washington, April 24 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have determined that fire must be accounted for as an integral part of global climate change.
The study identifies significant contributions of fire to climate change and identifies feedbacks between fire and climate change.
The researchers determined that intentional deforestation [...]
Ancient Greeks and Romans used kissing to express deference, not for Valentines
Washington, February 14 (ANI): Kissing meant much more than physical attraction for the ancient Greeks and Romans, for the juicy gesture was used to express deference at the time, says an expert.
Donald Lateiner, a humanities-classics professor at Ohio Wesleyan University, says that men kissed men on the cheek as a social greeting, while subjects [...]
