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If You Are Concerned About Your Child's Gender Behaviors: A Parent Gui
This "guide is a resource for parents who want information and advice on a child with gender-variant behaviors."The guide includes a definition of gender-variant behavior, a description of commonly seen behaviors, tips for supporting a gender-variant child (including preparing a child to deal with bullying), and advice on when to seek professional help. Available in English and Spanish. From the Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. New York Divided: Slavery and the Civil War
Online exhibit about the attitudes towards slavery in New York City between the time slavery was abolished in the state in 1827 and the Civil War. Topics include New York City as a pro-Southern city, abolitionists and fighting slavery, and Civil War battles of New York and reconstruction. Features introductory essays, background about people and events, primary documents, and more. From the New York Historical Society. 'Ultrasound'Of Earth's Crust Reveals Inner Workings Of A Tsunami Facto
Research by geoscientists may explain why part of the seafloor near the southwest coast of Japan generates devastating tsunamis, such as the 1944 Tonankai event, which killed at least 1,200 people. The findings will help assess the risk of giant tsunamis in other regions of the world. [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... Sleeping It Off: How Animals Use Hibernation, And Other Cold-weather S
If you wish you could hibernate for the winter instead of facing minus-20 windchillls every day, blame our distant ancestors. Really distant. According to Matt Andrews, biology professor at UMD, our reptilian forebears, like reptiles today, would have been able to experience large fluctuations in their body temperatures, a key trait for a hibernating species. Blood Transfusions Should Be Used In Moderation For Acute Coronary Syn
In a study of more than 44,000 patients being treated for a possible heart attack, cardiologists at the Duke Clinical Research Institute found that while transfusions were associated with a benefit in some patients, they were associated with harm in others. Decline In Performance Of Candidates Taking A Postgraduate Medical Exa
The performance of doctors taking a postgraduate medical exam declined between 1997 and 2001, reveals a study carried out by the Royal Colleges of Physicians and published today in the Open Access journal BMC Medicine. Dinosaur Mummy Found With Fossilized Skin And Soft Tissues
The amazing discovery of one of the finest and rarest dinosaur specimens ever unearthed -- a partially intact dino mummy found in the Hell Creek Formation Badlands of North Dakota was discovered by 16-year-old fossil hunter Tyler Lyson on his uncle's farm. [Ironic] LONDON: A jailed cocaine dealer is working as Santa Claus on
John Tams, who dons beard, boots and red suit to work in a cafe's Christmas grotto, said he wanted to give something back to the community... New Technology Shows Our Ancestors Ate ... Everything!
Using a powerful microscope and computer software, a team of scientists from Johns Hopkins, the University of Arkansas, Worcester Polytechnic Institute and elsewhere has developed a faster and more objective way to examine the surfaces of fossilized teeth, a practice used to figure out the diets of our early ancestors.
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