Family history, neighborhood affect teen behavior problems
Jan 13, 2006 |
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Girls' behaviors worsen more than boys' when neighborhood conditions deteriorate, a new University of Michigan study indicates. Boys are adversely influenced by family factors, such as parental education, a family member's ...
Women still tanning despite dangers
Jan 13, 2006 |
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U.S. dermatologists say 30 million people aren't getting the message that tanning beds are dangerous to their health.
Magnet Lab to Analyze Stardust Mission's Comet Dust
Jan 13, 2006 |
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The Stardust spacecraft that left Florida seven years ago is expected to have its homecoming early Sunday in Utah, bringing with it tiny particles of comet dust that are expected to unlock big secrets about ...
Euro political blogs lagging behind U.S.
Jan 13, 2006 |
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Blogging in America has been transformed into a political watchdog post shaking up today's political and journalistic worlds; however, the same effect hasn't made a significant stir in European affairs.
Penguins may teach humans about balance
Jan 13, 2006 |
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Dozens of teeter-tottering penguins are the subject of a study by a Texas researcher investigating balance and locomotion.
Information technologies reshaping the real estate landscape in unexpected ways
Jan 13, 2006 |
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Computers and the Internet have been billed as enabling new ways of doing business, but in the residential real estate industry, people's expanded access to information hasn't rendered the real estate agent a relic, says ...
Science retracts cloning articles
Jan 13, 2006 |
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The journal Science has retracted two articles by discredited South Korean scientist who claimed production of a stem-cell line from a cloned human embryo.
Scientist says Taung Child killed by bird
Jan 13, 2006 |
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A U.S. paleontologist working in South Africa says he has unraveled what the cause of death was for the first ape-man fossil discovered in Africa.
Rabbit eggs may be used for stem cells
Jan 13, 2006 |
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Scientists in Scotland are planning to create animal-human embryos cloned from human skin cells and unfertilized rabbit eggs.
Briefs: Copper-wire thefts vex Telecom Namibia
Jan 13, 2006 |
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Telecom Namibia will be accelerating development of fiber-optics and satellite technology to thwart the chronic theft of copper wire.
Globe Talk: Alluring yet perilous growth
Jan 13, 2006 |
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Until not too long ago, having a domestic telecommunications company was seen as a matter of national security as well as pride, even in some of the most open economies in the world. But as public utilities have largely become ...
SEC launches formal probe of IBM accounts
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will be launching a formal investigation into IBM's earnings results, the computer giant said.
NASA's Soyuz Deal Will Not Scrap Shuttle
Jan 13, 2006 |
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NASA's announcement last week that it will pay Roskosmos $43.8 million to transport one astronaut to and another one from the International Space Station this year represents the agency's acknowledgment that it has no immediate ...
Briefs: NZ Telecom pays $12M to Telstra for spat
Jan 13, 2006 |
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New Zealand Telecom said Friday it will pay about $12 million to settle a pricing dispute with Australian rival Telstra.
Briefs: N.Z. Telecom's Aussie unit still in play
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Telecom New Zealand says a deal is still possible that would sell off its Australian unit despite media reports to the contrary.
