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Parents May Underestimate Children's Difficulties Falling Asleep
Children have more difficulty initiating sleep than maintaining sleep. About 30 to 40 percent of the children in a large study had problems falling asleep at the first assessment. Children described significantly more difficulties initiating and maintaining sleep than what their parents reported on their behalf. Can Open Source Outdo the IPod?
Neuros wants the open-source community to write the user interface for its new portable media player. Whether this will inspire a revolution or devolve into a publicity stunt remains to be seen. By Bruce Gain. Silence May Lead To Phantom Noises Misinterpreted As Tinnitus
Phantom noises, that mimic ringing in the ears associated with tinnitus, can be experienced by people with normal hearing in quiet situations, according to new research. Tinnitus, an auditory perception that cannot be attributed to an external source, affects at least 36 million Americans on some level, with at least seven million experiencing it so severely that it interferes with daily activities. Gear Gallery: Crisp HD Radios, Cool Air Mice and More
In this week's gear gallery, our editors check out two HD radios, a PDA phone that can take on almost any mobile app and arguably the coolest air mouse in the universe. The Sleepy Lagoon Case: Constitutional Rights and the Struggle for Dem
Account of "the notorious trial that took place in Los Angeles in 1942, popularly known as the Sleepy Lagoon case,"which concerned the murder of a Mexican American man by alleged "zoot suiters."Topics include wartime hysteria, the accused, the defense committee and the appeal, and the overturning of the conviction. Includes images of primary source documents and photographs. From the Charles E. Young Library Department of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles. Apple's 'Green' Notebook Doesn't Impress Environmentalists
When Steve Jobs announced the MacBook Air at Macworld, he touted its environmentally friendly construction. Greenpeace welcomed the new eco-talk, but said Apple could still be doing more. Wired Test 2007: Gadget Hall of Fame 1956 - Zenith Space Commander Rem
Imagine changing TV channels if it meant climbing off the couch to walk over to the set every time. Zenith's 1955 design for the Space Command remote-control system changes all that. People accept the 30 percent price hike for the set in favor of the convenience. A Hospital Stay Can Make An Older Person More Likely To Commit Suicide
A study in the May edition of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society indicates that suicide in persons age 80 and older is more prevalent among those who have been hospitalized than in those who have not. [Ironic] Professional beggars prowling about the streets of Moroccan c
The government plans to crack down on the scam used by faux beggars in growing numbers for a kind of "emotional blackmail", a cabinet minister was quoted as saying... Monoclonal Antibody Cures West Nile Virus-infected Mice
A newly developed monoclonal antibody can cure mice infected with the West Nile virus, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report. If further studies confirm the effectiveness and safety of the antibody, it could become one of the first monoclonal antibodies used as a treatment for an infectious disease.
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