News tagged with baby boom generation
Lower wages, lack of job opportunities means more Americans delaying 'adulthood'
Despite living in an age of iPads and hybrid cars, young Americans are more like the young adults of the early 1900s than the baby boom generation: They are living at home longer, are financially insecure and are making lower ...
Apr 27, 2010 |
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Older workers spend less on necessities and health care
More older Americans are choosing to continue to work or are returning to the labor force. The number of workers age 65 and older is predicted to increase by more than 80 percent by 2016. In an ongoing study, ...
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Oct 21, 2009 |
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Wearable devices track people via wireless network
Mobile technology is opening new channels for remotely monitoring family members and others who need to be tracked.
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May 02, 2012 |
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The ultimate babysitter? iPads for infants stir debate
Twenty-two-month-old George sits on a tiny blue chair, at a baby-sized desk, playing with a grown-up toy -- an iPad, sign of a powerful trend that has set alarm bells ringing among child development experts.
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Apr 26, 2012 |
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'Noodle gels' or 'spaghetti highways' could become tools of regenerative medicine
Medicine's recipe for keeping older people active and functioning in their homes and workplaces — and healing younger people injured in catastrophic accidents — may include "noodle gels" and other lab-made invisible ...
Mar 26, 2012 |
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A boom in smarter baby monitors
The cry has been heard: After 20 years with little change to baby monitoring devices, new designs premiered in January at the Consumer Electronics Show promising Wi-Fi connectivity and high-definition video that streams live ...
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Feb 03, 2012 |
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Study finds some children born in the year of the dragon have an advantage
As Chinese New Year approaches, Many East-Asian families hope that their children will be born in this Year of the Dragon because of the belief that the child will be smarter and more prosperous than children ...
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Jan 23, 2012 |
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Online gambling fight now about when, who -- not if
(AP) -- The fight to fully legalize online gambling in the U.S. is now less about whether Americans will be able to play and more about who will bring the action to them - and when.
Jan 03, 2012 |
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Using ionized plasmas as cheap sterilizers for developing world
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of California, Berkeley, scientists have shown that ionized plasmas like those in neon lights and plasma TVs not only can sterilize water, but make it antimicrobial – able ...
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Sun sets on oil wells
Nobel Prize winner George Olah and Surya Prakash of USC Dornsife have found new traction in their methanol economy concept with their latest publication, the Open Fuel Standard Act of 2011 and the new discoveries ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 10, 2011 |
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World population to hit 10 bln, but 15 bln possible: UN
The world's population of seven billion is set to rise to at least 10 billion by 2100, but could top 15 billion if birth rates are just slightly higher than expected, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
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Oct 26, 2011 |
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Baby boomers fueling boom in knee, hip surgeries
(AP) -- We're becoming a nation of bum knees, worn-out hips and sore shoulders, and it's not just the Medicare set. Baby boomer bones and joints also are taking a pounding, spawning a boom in operations to fix them.
May 23, 2011 |
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