The 1600 eruption of Huaynaputina in Peru had a global impact on human society, according…
Month: April 2008
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Low Cortisol Levels Found In Kids Whose Mothers Show Signs Of Depression
A new study of young children living in extreme poverty found that those whose mothers…
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Discovery To Hasten New Malaria Treatments, Vaccines For Children
April 25 is World Malaria Day 2008 and despite the grim statistics out of Africa…
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Study Breaks Ground In Revealing How Neurons Generate Movement
When the eye tracks a bird’s flight across the sky, the visual experience is normally…
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New Prosthetic Hand Has Grip Function Almost Like A Natural Hand: Each Finger Moves Separately
It can hold a credit card, use a keyboard with the index finger, and lift…
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China, US Online Populations Neck and Neck
By some measures, China has tied the United States as the online population leader with…
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Sending the World’s Libraries to the Cloud, One Page at a Time
In a dimly lit back room on the second level of the University of Michigan…
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One Person’s Tech Trash Is BuyMyTronics’ Treasure
The hottest gadgets of today will look old and tired a year from now. Sellers…
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Finger-Pointing in the Senate, XP’s Stay of Execution, Tech Profit Bonanza
It seems there’s no love lost between FCC Chairman Kevin Martin and Comcast. In testimony…
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Mac Bloggers Crunch Numbers, Chew on P.A. Purchase, Feast on Fine Italian
The Apple- and Mac-focused blog world is all over the map this week, but three…