Well.... depends on what you mean by "better benefits". If you mean health insurance, life insurance, etc ... my experience (from both sides of the fence) is that university people *think* they have great benefits but really they overpay in $ for what may be significantly less (or just average) coverage compared to the private sector.

On the other hand, if by benefits you mean leave/vacation and the more intangible benefits... definitely better leave policies and the intangibles are arguably better* (personal preference). Also, for people with families... there are often reduced or free tuition, etc for their dependents.

* my experience on one area of "intangibles", processes/efficiency, is that universities have more byzantine and opaque processes than private sector.
 

Actual article for the journal Cancer referred to by the OP's news site is here as a pdf:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cncr.26625/pdf

Read it yourself-- not outlandish and makes a good case for the methodology used.

Also, I encourage you to look at other studies that are related as I think you might be interested. For example, the following says nothing about whether radiation in bite-wing x-rays is dangerous, rather it explores the question "what is the most effective technique for patient treatment" (my wording not theirs):

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22103270

Research is a good thing. Research applied is a very good thing. Results of research ignored because "this is how we do it" and "it's really not dangerous anyway you silly scardy cat" is a very sad and potentially dangerous thing. Note-- not directed at jd, this is just my observation (okay, frustration) of how it sometimes "is" in the real world.

My google home page did NOT have the text "remove google background"... it read "change google background". I clicked the link and there was not an option to remove the background... just change it(presumably one could have changed it to blank/white).

Sorry but that statement is not accurate... one example: I have to drive my family of 9 around... an SUV (Suburban) is quite practical for that purpose. In fact, few other vehicles could handle the task... A truck could not. A mini-van could not. Not many other choices today outside of a full-size van but the gas mileage on those is not better than an SUV (maybe even worse). I know I'm not the only one with requirements to transport more than a handful of people at a time.

We try hard to minimize trips (e.g. a rule of thumb is that we don't go into town for just one purpose).

Also the Suburban is not the regular commuter vehicle in our household either. When 3 or fewer of us need to go somewhere-- we use the 3 seat 4 cylinder vehicle instead.

Looking back over your post, I see that there are some other inaccuracies in your post as well... items a-d can certainly be accomplished with SUVs. Other items like pulling a harrow in a field, pulling up deep sunk fence posts, towing broken vehicles, etc can also be accomplished with a Suburban (I've done it with ease).

All that said, I like the Veggie Tale song "Sports Utility Vehicle" as there is truth in it (and it's funny)... "You and me in our sport utility vehicles crusin to Dunkin Donuts for a cup of steaming Joe. Oh you and me in our sport utility vehicles we'll slam into 4-wheel drive for a scoop of rocky road".