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CES: SPOT Wireless Tech Lives!
Remember the Smart Personal Object Technology from CES days of yore? Well SPOT's underlying tech now allows Melita's newfangled coffee maker to tell you the weather as it boils up a cup of joe. Plus: Check out our continued CES coverage. In Gadget Lab. The Role of the Wildlife Rehabilitator in Disaster Preparedness and Re
This paper explores how government and private agencies help animals after a disaster, the problems wildlife can pose for disaster and relief workers, how disasters affect wild animals and what behavior can result, how wildlife rehabilitators fit "into the capture, medical care and temporary sheltering of wildlife,"and how to help the public avoid injury from and provide assistance to wild animals. From the disaster manager for the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). Less Sleep May Expand Kids'Waistlines
Diets high in fat and sugar may not be the only things contributing to American children's expanding waistlines. Kids who aren't getting enough sleep also may be at an increased risk for being overweight. Children who got less shut-eye -- fewer than 9 hours each day -- were at an increased risk of being overweight, regardless of their gender, race, socioeconomic status, or quality of the home environment, according to a recent study. Are angry women more like men?
"Why is it that men can be bastards and women must wear pearls and smile?" wrote author Lynn Hecht Schafran. The answer, according to a new article may lie in our interpretation of facial expressions. In Chocolate, More Cocoa Means Higher Antioxidant Capacity
Cocoa powder contains more beneficial antioxidants than other chocolate products, but processing decreases their contents. Those are the results of a study by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and their cooperators interested in the total antioxidant capacity (TAC) and procyanidin levels of six chocolate and cocoa products. Review: Superman, Batman Shine in Action-Packed Public Enemies
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies, DC Comics and Warner Bros.' sixth straight-to-DVD animated film is also their best.
 Breastfeeding Babies Offers Them Long-term Heart-health Benefits
Breastfed babies are less likely to have certain cardiovascular disease risk factors in adulthood than their bottle-fed counterparts according to new research. The breastfed infants also had a significantly lower mean BMI in adulthood. Protein SENP1 Could Be New Target For Cancer Therapies
Researchers have found a protein that enables cellular survival during periods of low oxygen, or hypoxia, which also is key for development of many kinds of cancer. Researchers believe tumors adapt to low oxygen levels caused by their own rapid growth by turning on molecules that help tumors build a new blood supply. Scientists have now found that SENP1 is needed for that process and that inhibiting it might be one way to turn off tumor growth. Babies Raised In Bilingual Homes Learn New Words Differently Than Infa
Research on the learning process for acquiring two languages from birth found differences in how bilingual babies learned words compared to monolingual babies. The research suggests that bilingual babies follow a slightly different pattern when using detailed sound information to learn differences between words. Bilingual infants failed to notice a small change in the sound of an object's name until 20 months, while monolingual infants notices the change at 17 months. Roald Dahl's 'Fantastic Mr. Fox' Melds Classic Stop-Motion, Cutting-Ed
On the surface, stop-motion animation is a very low-tech process, but to create the world of Fantastic Mr. Fox, based on the beloved children's book by Roald Dahl, it required an architecture of cutting-edge technology capable of handling the 5,229 shots with 621,450 frames totaling 120 GB of data.
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