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CJR Daily: Real-time Media Criticism From the Columbia Journalism Revi
CJR Daily provides a "critique of journalism and a continuing discussion and analysis of where it is and where it's going."It focuses on three areas: political journalism, analysis of the "larger forces -- political, economic, technological, social legal -- that affect press performance,"and journalism of the business and financial press. Archives go back approximately one month. From Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. Rapid Response Teams Save Children's Lives At Pediatric Hospital, Stud
Deploying the hospital's "rapid response teams"proactively at the first inkling of trouble in hospitalized children can save lives, according to new research. The finding is the first to reveal lower death rates and cardiopulmonary arrest rates resulting from rapid response teams in a pediatric setting and could spark similar programs in children's hospitals around the country. NOAA Forecasters Predict Critical Fire Weather Conditions In Southwest
Weather conditions on Tuesday have the potential to create a significant fire weather situation across parts of southeastern Nevada, southwestern Utah and northwestern Arizona, according to forecasters with the NOAA Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla. [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... Protein That Helps Skin Cancer Spread Identified By Stanford Researche
A protein that normally helps hold the skin intact is also needed by skin cancer cells as they spread to other regions of the body, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered. Identifying this protein's role opens the door for stopping the spread of this deadly cancer-the second most common cancer type in the United States. Shorter Colds, Milder Flu May Follow From Newly Revealed Immune Mechan
Enlisted to help fight viral infections, immune cells called macrophages consume virus-infected cells to stop the spread of the disease in the body. Now researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have uncovered how macrophages keep from succumbing to the infection themselves. Boosting this mechanism may be a way to speed recovery from respiratory infections.
Nosespray Vaccine Using Aloe Vera Has Exciting Potential, Researcher S
Researchers are participating in developing a medicine that is worth sneezing about: a treatment for influenza that forms a jelly when sprayed into the nose. Endangered California Condors: Let Them Eat Seals
A team of scientists is proposing that endangered California condors raised in captivity be released near seal and sea lion rookeries so that the birds can once again feast on the carcasses of marine mammals as their ancestors did centuries ago. Profile: African-American North Pole Explorer Matthew Henson
Biography of explorer Matthew A. Henson, who "accompanied polar explorer Robert E. Peary on a U.S. expedition to the North Pole on April 6, 1909."Includes a photo gallery and links to related stories on topics such as the 2000 event where Henson was "posthumously awarded the National Geographic Society's highest honor -- the Hubbard Medal."From the National Geographic Society. Developing Our Brightest Minds
Who will be the next Albert Einstein? The next Stephen Hawking? A new report from Vanderbilt University reveals the complex mix of factors that create these intellectual leaders: cognitive abilities, educational opportunities, investigative interests and old-fashioned hard work.
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