For decades, the prevailing wisdom in education was that high self-esteem would lead to high achievement. The theory led to an avalanche of daily affirmations, awards ceremonies and attendance certificates — but few, if any, academic gains. Read full article > >

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Ex-News of the World editor Colin Myler resumes giving evidence to the Leveson Inquiry and says he believed the “one rogue reporter” theory on phone hacking.

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If rumors were dollars, the arcane world of particle physics would have enough cash to solve the Euro crisis. For weeks, statements circulating on physics blogs have hinted at the discovery of an elusive particle essential to our understanding of how the universe works. Called the Higgs boson, this particle — if spotted — would all but complete the fundamental theory of particle physics, known as the Standard Model. Confirmation of the Higgs would solve the mystery of why matter has the property that physicists call mass — the resistance to being shoved around. Read full article > >

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Scientists close in on linchpin of physics, the ‘God particle’

So much for the theory that Albert Haynesworth would have an All-Pro season with the New England Patriots after being traded by the Washington Redskins. According to Boston Herald report , he isn’t even on the team, released two days after his disappearing act in the team’s loss Sunday to the New York Giants. Read full article > >

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In London, the Flat Earth Society explains that we live on a giant disk. In Petersburg, Ky., the Creation Museum shows cave men and dinosaurs frolicking together. And in a movie theater near you, “ Anonymous ,” which opened Friday, reveals how the Earl of Oxford wrote Shakespeare’s plays. O brave new world — the culmination of more than 300 years of Enlightenment thinking and empirical science. But in the words of the Bard — whoever he was — “Confusion now hath made his masterpiece!” Read full article > >

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Republicans who are eager to repair the party’s battered image among Hispanic voters and unseat President Obama next year have long promoted a single-barrel solution to their two-pronged problem: putting Sen. Marco Rubio on the national ticket. The charismatic Cuban American lawmaker from Florida, the theory goes, could prompt Hispanics to consider supporting the GOP ticket — even after a primary contest in which dust-ups over illegal immigration have left some conservative Hispanics uneasy. Read full article > >

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I n theory, Le Zinc, a new French restaurant near the National Cathedral, should belong on every bistro lover’s checklist. A leading Washington architect, Olvia Demetriou, is responsible for transforming the former Sushi Sushi into a dining spot that would look at home in Paris. And chef David Ashwell spent seven years at the esteemed Marcel’s in the West End before moving on to helm its casual offshoot, Brasserie Beck, downtown. Save for Two Amys, the popular pizzeria across the street from Le Zinc, this part of Cleveland Park is not a restaurant destination. The neighborhood could use a flavor boost. Read full article > >

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Suggestions of possible a breach of the cosmic speed limit, set by Einstein’s theory of relativity, are being met with skepticism.

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Evidence of Faster-Than-Light Neutrinos Puzzles Scientists

GENEVA — One of the very pillars of physics and Einstein’s theory of relativity — that nothing can go faster than the speed of light — was rocked Thursday by new findings from one of the world’s foremost laboratories. European researchers said they clocked an oddball type of subatomic particle called a neutrino going faster than the 186,282 miles per second that has long been considered the cosmic speed limit. Read full article > >

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Results from the Large Hadron Collider have all but killed the simplest version of a theory that physicists had hoped would update the current model of sub-atomic physics.

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Metro takes plenty of heat from bus riders, who complain that older buses break down too often and wheelchair lifts don’t work properly. But on Tuesday, transit officials showed off a new hybrid-electric bus that — in theory — is supposed to solve some of those problems. The “ New Flyer Xcelsior XDE40 ” is an updated version of Metro’s diesel buses, some of which are 15 years old. The new buses are supposed to break down less frequently and be more fuel efficient, saving more than a gallon of gas per mile. Some of Metro’s older buses break down every 3,000 to 4,000 miles, officials said. On average, a single Metrobus drives about 100 miles a day. Read full article > >

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On top of questions about accountability, Montgomery County’s mismanagement of its fleet of take-home cars has also left officials scrambling to unravel troublesome tax issues. Some employees have essentially treated government cars as a fringe benefit but might not have reported that extra income on their tax returns, county officials and tax experts said. Employees who have used government cars for private purposes or failed to properly reimburse the county for the cost of their commutes should, in theory, send the Internal Revenue Service amended returns and a check to cover unpaid taxes, tax experts said. Read full article > >

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A technique using neutrons can probe Newton’s theory of gravity at the microscopic level, and may give hints of exotic physics, researchers say.

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MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell doesn’t think much of what Donald Trump is doing with all this birther stuff and his fake run for the 2012 Republican nomination for president. And neither do I. We said as much on O’Donnell’s show “The Last Word” on Friday night. In fact, I went a step further and did something I’d done once before when talking about the persistent and long-debunked conspiracy theory that President Obama is not a U.S. citizen: I showed his birth certificate on live television.

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Bang Goes The Theory’s Jem Stansfield explains how pent-up energy between tectonic plates can cause a tsunami when it is eventually released.

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