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Feed Subscription"Supermoms" more likely to be depressed than realistic moms
Survey of 1,600 married 40-year-old women highlights balance, sacrifice, over trying "to do it all"
Read More »When Choosing An Ad Agency, Don’t Consider Size; Consider Collaboration
The debate between big advertising agencies and small agencies goes on. A spate of recent articles and op-eds has agencies big and small continuing to take pot shots at one another
Read More »Coming Soon: Batteries That Run On (And Clean) Used Toilet Water
Cleaning the dirty water from our drains and toilets is an expensive and energy-sucking task.
Read More »Your Smartphone Is An Artificial Limb
While you were busy catapulting Angry Birds on your iPhone, scientists at Vanderbilt university were using the components inside your smartphone to create bionic limbs. The Vanderbilt leg , seven years in the making, anticipates the movements of the person wearing it, resulting in a more natural gait instead of the slight dragging experienced by most wearers.
Read More »Feds nix proposal to ban food stamps for sodas
Agriculture Department rejects plan from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to prohibit use of food stamps for purchase of sugary drinks
Read More »Best of the Best Top 10 Cities: Green Living, Health, Air Quality and Technology
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Read More »Cocaine: A brief history of blow
From ancient Incas to Freud and beyond, cocaine use has had many faces
Read More »Feds urge wider use of heart test on newborns
Panel wants more hospitals to use pulse oximetry, a simple, non-invasive, inexpensive screening for congenital woes
Read More »Exoplanet Looks Potentially Lively
They say there's no place like home. Well, we may get to test the idea. Because astronomers have located a world that could be a bit like Earth some 36 light-years away.
Read More »US-China Deal Intended to Speed Clean Coal Research
U.S. and Chinese officials heading up a series of joint advanced coal projects Friday signed an intellectual property agreement meant to ease the sharing of innovative technology while protecting patents and licensing agreements. Companies collaborating on research and development projects tied to the U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center (CERC), a program started in 2009, can enter into regular commercial contracts.
Read More »"Bulletproof skin" created with help of artist, goats, spiders
Goats genetically engineered with spider genes produce silk-like protein in milk, capable of stopping bullets at reduced speeds when woven with skin
Read More »Toxic tap water? 14 drugs, personal care products in NYC drinking water
Environmental officials say trace levels of contaminants pose no health threat - but not everyone is so sure
Read More »Irene Buffets Puerto Rico, Threatens Florida
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - Hurricane Irene buffeted Puerto Rico with winds and torrential rain on Monday, knocking out power and downing trees as it churned westward on a track that will threaten Florida by the end of the week. Local media in the U.S. Caribbean territory reported that about 600 people took refuge in shelters, and electricity was knocked out across half of the island, including the capital, San Juan, affecting some 800,000 people.
Read More »Marriage tied to longer survival after heart bypass
Being happily married tied to threefold increase in likelihood of survival, but even unhappily married bypass patients benefited
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