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Mathematics: Puzzles
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Smokers good at math are more likely to want to quit      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

For smokers who are better at math, the decision to quit just adds up, a new study suggests. Researchers found that smokers who scored higher on a test of math ability were more likely than others to say they intended to quit smoking.

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Achievement isn't why more men are majoring in physics, engineering and computer science      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Researchers have found that the reason there are more undergraduate men than women majoring in physics, engineering and computer science is not because men are higher achievers. On the contrary, the scholars found that men with very low high-school GPAs in math and science and very low SAT math scores were choosing these math-intensive majors just as often as women with much higher math and science achievement.