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Prenatal Exposure to Pesticides Leads to Diminished IQ’s in Children

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The study found some of the risks that pesticides were already known to pose to children, including ADHD and learning difficulties.

It was reported this week by the Environmental Working Group that three studies published simultaneously all came to the same eye-opening conclusion.  The conclusion was prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides leads to diminished IQs in children between the ages of 6 and 9.

 

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151 Materials in Food or Feed Have Been Blacklisted by China

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China is waging a prolonged and stringent fight against the illegal use of additives in food.

151 materials forbidden or abusable in food and feed over the past nine years have been blacklisted by China, according to figures released by the food safety committee under the State Council, or China’s Cabinet.

 

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My Weekend with the new All-Electric Nissan Leaf

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Me standing next to the all-electric Nissan Leaf in La Jolla, CA

Futurist Thomas Frey:  I looked over at my clock and saw that it was 3:19 am, a time when most people would normally just roll over and fall back to sleep, but I was wide awake. And from past experience, I wouldn’t get tired again for 2-3 hours, so this was one of those crazy middle-of-the-night periods of free time where I could get something done, and my body didn’t really know I was awake. (Pics)

 

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Having Trouble Remembering Things? Spring Clean Your Mind

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If you have trouble remembering things you probably need to declutter your mind.

Having trouble remembering names and numbers or can’t remember to follow the plot of a film?   Help could be at hand.   The problem is that you know too much – and you need to declutter, or spring-clean your mind, according to scientists.

 

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Music Lessons in Childhood Make You Smarter, More Intelligent

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Music lessons makes you smarter.

If you want your child to be smart and intelligent then, make sure your kid learns to play musical instruments, scientists say.  University of Kansas Medical Center researchers have found that practicing musical instruments as a child not only help him mastering the instrument, it also provides a boost to his brain decades later.

 

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Google Earth Maps Shows Population Size and Danger Threshold Surrounding Nuclear Power Plants

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Google Earth map that shows the different population sizes surrounding nuclear power plants.

Nature News along with Columbia University, has created a Google Earth map that shows the different population sizes surrounding nuclear power plants. They are trying to demonstrate the danger threshold of other nuclear plants worldwide, compared to the ongoing nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan.

 

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A Coating That Heals Itself with Light

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 It would be great if you could take your car to the body shop and have it repaired in minutes, before your eyes, without anyone even laying hands on it.  There have been several developments in self-healing coatings recently.

 

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Television Broadcasters and Wireless Companies Fight Over Airwaves

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Broadcasters may be forced to give up spectrum.

Annoyances like dropped calls, maps that take forever to load and echoing voices on a mobile phone.  And, the dreaded “Cannot Open Page” iPhone users have come to know so well.  These annoyances are only going to get worse because the airwaves that carry cellphone signals and wireless internet connections are growing more and more crowded.

 

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Eric Whitacre’s Powerful Virtual Choir – ‘Lux Aurumque’

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Via YouTube

Composer Eric Whitacre has put together the Virtual Choir.  He combined 185 seperate singers from 12 different countries recorded independently and combined them into a single performance.  All were conducted by the composer through a prerecorded conductor track on YouTube.

 

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