Childless couples eat healthier.
It may be an exaggeration to say that your children are making you sick, but a British study has found that couples with children eat a less healthy diet than those who have none.
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We won’t have enough power until 2211 for interstellar travel.
Interstellar travel won’t be possible for at least 200 years, according to a former NASA propulsion scientist who has some new calculations. And by then, the spaceships we would design for the trip will be obsolete.
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The Electric Networked Vehicle (EN-V) was unveiled at the Las Vegas Convention Center
Car designers have come up with the perfect solution for all those motorists tired of traffic jams and lack of parking spaces.
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PARO
PARO is an advanced interactive robot developed by AIST, a leading Japanese industrial automation pioneer. It allows the documented benefits of animal therapy to be administered to patients in environments such as hospitals and extended care facilities where live animals present treatment or logistical difficulties. (Pics)
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Orange alligator discovered in Florida.
Sylvia Mythen, a 70-year-old grandmother from Venice, Fl, has discovered what appears to be the world’s first orange alligator.
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New method to produce healthier drinking water.
In an effort to produce mass quantities of healthier H2O, Chinese scientists have come up with a new method to change water’s chemical composition. It involves making light water.
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University of Florida researcher David Reed is lead investigator on a five-year study following the evolution of lice that found modern humans first began wearing clothes about 170,000 years ago.
A new University of Florida study following the evolution of lice shows modern humans started wearing clothes about 170,000 years ago, a technology which enabled them to successfully migrate out of Africa.
A woman’s tears can turn a man to mush.
It’s widely held that a woman’s tears will turn a man to mush. And many think that sympathetic response is a sign of sensitivity, a psychological shift away from baser male impulses.
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Withings Blood Pressure Monitor
With hypertension affecting almost 25% of the world population , blood pressure measurement can help to save lives. However, until now, taking your blood pressure required the use of complex devices with multiple manipulations, mathematical operations and data recording procedures. Self-measurement has been recommended by the medical profession for many years , but no one had yet found concrete solutions to expand its use. (pics)
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ADHD children cannot stop daydreaming according to a new study.
Children with attention deficit disorder have brains that cannot stop daydreaming, claims a new study. Researchers found that they physically find it harder to switch off a “default setting” of the brain designed to pass the time when not focused on a task.
Researchers develop cocaine vaccine that works in mice.
The first ever vaccine for drug addiction has just been created. By combining a cocaine-like molecule with part of the common cold virus, you get a vaccine that turns the immune system against cocaine, keeping it away from the brain.
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iPads are the latest learning tool in schools.
As students returned to class this week, some were carrying brand-new Apple iPads in their backpacks, given not by their parents but by their schools.
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