Facebook remains the number-one social-networking site in the world, according to a new study released…
Month: August 2008
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Patch Tuesday Fixes a Record 26 Vulnerabilities
This month Microsoft issued 11 bulletins that address a record 26 vulnerabilities, 17 of them…
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Parents Shape Whether Their Children Learn To Eat Fruits And Vegetables
To combat the increasing problem of childhood obesity, researchers are studying how to get preschoolers…
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Mature Trees: Surviving The Revolution, Easier Than Withstanding Human Use And Abuse
Inwood Hill Park survived the drastic modifications of Revolutionary War patriots, but preserving this last…
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Single MicroRNA That Controls Blood Vessel Development Identified
Scientists have identified a key regulatory factor that controls development of the human vascular system,…
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Nine To Twenty Individual Fire Ant Queens Started U.S. Fire Ant Population
The current U.S. population of red imported fire ants–which infest millions of acres across the…
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Signs Of Alzheimer’s Disease May Be Present Decades Before Diagnosis
People who develop Alzheimer’s disease may show signs of this illness many decades earlier in…
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Global Warming Will Do Little To Change Hurricane Activity, According To New Model
Scientists have described a new method for evaluating the frequency of hurricane formation in present…
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An Online Privacy Presumption Is Wrong Assumption
In a case that could redefine — or, some might argue, “debunk the myth of”…