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Father involvement in pregnancy could reduce infant mortality

Studies have shown fathers who are active in their children's upbringing can significantly benefit their children's early development, academic achievement and well being. Now, a new study by University of ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 17, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2




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Scientists learn much about humans from birds' singing lessons

Why wasn't this intruder getting the message? The lord of the manor had warned him repeatedly to back off, with threatening gestures and loud admonitions. But the trespasser just sat there - singing.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Young children of unmarried parents fare worse when a father's support is court-ordered

Young children of unmarried parents who live with their mother and receive court-mandated financial support from their father exhibit more aggressive behavior than those who don't get any formal support at all, according ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Social media's impact on kids merits big debate: US expert

Facebook's big stock offering on Wall Street must be followed by an intensive debate on Main Street about social media's powerful impact on children, an expert on the topic says.

Technology / Internet

created May 13, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Caregivers must keep "a slice of selfishness," UW social worker

Several years ago, Wendy Lustbader cut back her counseling, teaching and writing career to spend one year as a caregiver. Her mother-in-law, in the final stages of colon cancer, moved from Florida to be looked after by Lustbader ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study reveals dynamic changes in gene regulation in human stem cells

A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute and the University of California (UC) San Diego has discovered a new type of dynamic change in human stem cells.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New Yorkers bring fish farms to urban jungle

So you recycle, drive a small car, and try to eat organic. But what about running an eco-sustainable fish farm combined with a naturally fertilized vegetable patch in your kitchen?

Biology / Other

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 4

Vatican and Oxford libraries announce joint digital conversion of some manuscripts, books

More world literature just got its door kicked open digitally. For the first time scholars will be able to compare material kept in the separate collections for centuries.

Technology / Other

created Apr 14, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Women use strategies to overcome discrimination in large law firms

(Phys.org) -- Women and people from ethnic minorities have to employ special strategies to overcome institutional discrimination when working in large law firms.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 13, 2012 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Kutcher invests in flat fee tech startup Dwolla

(AP) -- Actor Ashton Kutcher is among the early investors in Dwolla, an Iowa tech startup that lets users transfer money or pay for things through their smartphones or online for a flat fee of 25 cents per transaction.

Technology / Business

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Space tourist is just one way to describe Simonyi

(AP) -- Charles Simonyi may still be described as a space tourist even though the Microsoft billionaire has no plans to take a third vacation on the International Space Station and hasn't hung out in outer ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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