Parents are wanting increasingly more experienced and highly qualified nannies to look after their children.
For generations, parents just wanted a nanny who would love their children. New research has found parents now expect much more. Four fifths of families require a nanny with “additional skills” including cooking and the ability to play or teach a musical instrument.
DASH Diet is best diet overall.
The U.S. News & World Report rated the Best Diets for 2012 this week, including 25 different diet plans. The DASH Diet (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) was the winner. The DASH Diet is a plan to prevent high blood pressure and it took the top spot in the Best Diets Overall category.
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It only takes $34,000 per person to be amid the richest 1% of people in the world.
There is a disproportionate amount of the world’s rich people living in the United States.
Continue reading… “Half of the world’s richest 1% live in America”
Nanobot
An effective treatment for Alzheimer’s, a cure for the common cold, gene therapy that destroys cancers, transplant organs grown in the lab. These medical miracles are no longer the dreams of science fiction, but are likely coming in the next decade, say experts.
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White Octopus spotted on ocean floor.
It’s easy to imagine that the seafloor miles beneath the icy surface of the Southern Ocean might be a cold, dark, inhospitable place, as devoid of life as the vacuum of space it so closely resembles — but that couldn’t be further from the truth. In a recent expedition near Antartica, researchers from Oxford discovered dozens of remarkable new species thriving in one of the most extreme environments on the planet, alongside deep-sea hydrothermal vents where temperatures can reach over 750F…
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Futurist Thomas Frey: On December 29th, Verizon announced it would begin charging a $2 “convenience fee” for any customers paying monthly bills with a credit or debit card via the Internet or telephone.
Continue reading… “Power to the People: The Great Consumer Backlash”
Dogs who were spoken to or who had direct eye contact with a person were more likely to follow that human’s gaze.
Some dogs have the skills of a 6-month-old baby, according to a new report in Current Biology. Man’s best friend not only responds to the words and ministrations of humans, dogs can understand and anticipate the intentions of their people, researchers are reporting.
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A new version of the widely prevalent SpyEye Trojan horse swaps out banking Web pages, preventing account holders from noticing that their money is gone.
Checking your bank accounts diligently is the best way to protect yourself from an online financial scam. At least, until now.
American doctors are harboring an embarrassing secret.
Doctors in America are going broke and the trend is worrying industry watchers. This quiet reality is spreading nationwide and is claiming a wide range of casualties, including family physicians, cardiologists and oncologists.
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Walmart is going green?
So Walmart has launched a green blog, The Green Room, “that we hope to develop into a vibrant conversation about helping people live better around the globe.” So says Andrea Thomas, who leads sustainability at Walmart.
Right now there are just a few questions to start the conversation. What do you think are the biggest challenges in sustainability? What do you wish we, as a company, could do to address an environmental or social issue? How could we help you reach your own sustainability goals?
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Twin birth rate rose 76 percent from 1980 through 2009.
Over the past three decades, the number of twins born to American women has risen dramatically, a new government study shows.
Continue reading… “Number of twins born in U.S. skyrockets”
Advances in cancer screening and treatment have prevented more than a million total deaths from cancer since the early 1990s.
U.S.cancer death rates are continuing to fall, dropping by 1.8 percent per year in men and 1.6 percent per year in women between 2004 and 2008, according to the American Cancer Society’s annual report on cancer statistics released on Wednesday.
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