'Tips-by-text' program helps boost literacy in preschoolers, study finds
When it comes to spending quality family time together, text messaging doesn't have to be a villain. It could be an enabler.
When it comes to spending quality family time together, text messaging doesn't have to be a villain. It could be an enabler.
Social Sciences
Nov 18, 2014
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A Sony executive said Tuesday the firm was taking a hard look at music streaming services after pop star Taylor Swift yanked her songs from industry giant Spotify.
Business
Nov 18, 2014
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Geetha Thomas owes her life to a text message. The 38-year-old tea plantation worker was able to scramble onto the roof of her home in southern India as a herd of elephants rampaged through her village thanks to an alert ...
Ecology
Nov 18, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Quite a claim: a sculpture as the smallest creation of the human form in history. The sculptor, Jonty Hurwitz, said he loves the Internet. That is because, since the nanosculpture exhibit launch, so many people ...
Rights group Amnesty International on Tuesday described a major Chinese-organised Internet conference as chilling, calling it an attempt to have a greater say in the rules that govern the web.
Internet
Nov 18, 2014
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Kelly Mathews is on a mission—to get more girls interested in STEM.
Other
Nov 18, 2014
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Uganda's wildlife authority has suspended five top officials after a ton of seized ivory worth over a million dollars vanished from government strongrooms, its chief said Tuesday.
Ecology
Nov 18, 2014
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A U.S. House oversight committee demanded answers Monday about a suspected cyber-attack that has shut down the State Department's unclassified email system.
Security
Nov 18, 2014
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Japan said Tuesday it has cut its Antarctic whale-catch quota by two-thirds in a move it hopes will convince international opponents it is conducting real science, not hiding a commercial hunt behind a veneer of research.
Ecology
Nov 18, 2014
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Deforestation in Brazil's storied Amazon basin region skyrocketed more than 450 percent in October from a year earlier, a non-governmental group warned Monday.
Environment
Nov 18, 2014
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