News tagged with dinner table

Eating green veggies improves immune defenses

Researchers reporting online in the journal Cell on October 13th have found another good reason to eat your green vegetables, although it may or may not win any arguments with kids at the dinner table.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

No texting at dinner! Parenting in the digital era

(AP) -- Holly Kopczynski always prided herself on raising her kids the right way, teaching them etiquette basics like saying "please" and "thank you." Then it happened.

Technology / Other

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

New dinner table top priority as ISS expands

Astronauts set to blast off for the International Space Station said Thursday that constructing a new dinner table would be a top priority as its permanent crew expands to six.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Filmmaker sounds alarm over ocean of plastic

On Midway atoll in the North Pacific, dozens of young albatross lie dead on the sand, their stomachs filled with cigarette lighters, toy soldiers and other small plastic objects their parents have mistaken ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Multitasking may harm the social and emotional development of tweenage girls, researchers say

(Medical Xpress) -- Too much screen time can be detrimental to girls 8 to 12 years old, but there is a surprisingly straightforward alternative for greater social wellness.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Soon for sale? Ethnic veggies like maxixe and shiso

Komatsuna. Shiso. Winged beans. Maxixe. They're not your garden-variety vegetables.

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Fisherman's gold: Shark fin hunt empties west African seas

Retired fisherman Sada Fall is upbeat. His two sons are returning from sea with a boatload of "gold", as he calls shark fins, whose value has near-obliterated the ocean's top predator in these seas.

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Shearing triggers odd behavior in microscopic particles

(PhysOrg.com) -- Microscopic spheres form strings in surprising alignments when suspended in a viscous fluid and sheared between two plates — a finding that will affect the way scientists think about ...

Physics / Soft Matter

created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Staple diet: Christmas turkey nightmare is resolved at last

The table has been set, the wine has been poured and the Christmas turkey is brought out for everyone's approval.

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

10 tips for preventing weight gain over the holidays

(Medical Xpress) -- Many websites and magazine articles offer ideas about how to lose weight over the holidays, but Connie Diekman, director of university nutrition at Washington University in St. Louis, says that people ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bitter sensitive children eat more vegetables with help of dip

There's an existential crisis that often happens at dinner tables across the country: why won't kids eat their vegetables? Research has found that one reason could be a sensitivity to bitterness, fairly common among children ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Social network Path announces more ways to share

If Facebook is like hanging out at a banquet with a large buffet to feast on, then social network Path is an intimate dinner with close friends. Path is now getting new silverware and table decorations, so to speak, with ...

Technology / Internet

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gluten-free holiday strategies minimize stress

Holidays and food go hand-in-hand. If you follow a gluten-free lifestyle or will be with someone who does, the holiday season can present challenges.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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