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Motor vehicle crashes more common among young drivers who engage in self-harm behaviors

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Drivers who engaged in self-harm were at increased risk of motor vehicle crashes, even after controlling for psychological distress and substance abuse, found a study of 18 871 Australian drivers published in CMAJ (Canadian Me ...





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Tech accessories can spice up holiday list

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

As much as I love buying big-ticket items such as TVs, computers, cell phones and cameras, I also love buying accessories for those items just as much, maybe even more.


The end of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon?

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

A new article in the December 4 issue of Science addresses how the combined efforts of government commitments and market transition could save forest and reduce carbon emissions in Brazil. The Policy Forum brief, entitled "The E ...


Murders, Traffic Deaths Connected

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

If you want to know how many people are killed in car accidents in a particular U.S. state, look to its prisons. Regions with higher murder rates also tend to have a greater number of traffic fatalities, according to a new ...


Samsung Announces the Premium I8910 HD Gold Edition

Samsung Announces the Premium I8910 HD Gold Edition

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Samsung Electronics today announced the availability of the I8910 HD (Omnia HD, GT-I8910) Gold Edition. This premium version of the ground-breaking full touch screen smartphone features a luxurious new look ...


American drivers fond of their gas guzzlers will have to quickly learn to love greener cars

Green cars to get Copenhagen boost

Technology / Energy

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

American drivers fond of their gas guzzlers will have to quickly learn to love greener cars, which are expected to get a big boost from upcoming international climate talks in Copenhagen.


Professor foresees rising Antarctic snowmelt

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The 30-year record low in Antarctic snowmelt that occurred during the 2008-09 austral summer was likely due to concurrent strong positive phases for two main climate drivers, ENSO (El Niño - Southern Oscillation) and SAM ...


Climate change in Kuwait Bay

Climate change in Kuwait Bay

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (13) | comments 1

Since 1985, seawater temperature in Kuwait Bay, northern Arabian Gulf, has increased on average 0.6°C per decade. This is about three times faster than the global average rate reported by the Intergovernmental ...


GPS cell phone apps challenge standalone devices

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 28, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 3

(AP) -- The growth of cell phones with global-positioning technology is making life uncertain for the makers of personal navigational devices that help drivers figure out where they are and where to go.


Signal fading on radio traffic reports

Technology / Other

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- For more than 20 years, Mike Nolan was known to radio listeners as the "eye in the sky." He flew over Southern California freeways in his single-engine plane, reporting on the nation's worst traffic.


Food banks go high-tech to feed the hungry (AP)

Food banks go high-tech to feed the hungry

Technology / Hi Tech

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Food banks across the country are undergoing a high-tech revolution, adopting sophisticated databases, bar coding, GPS tracking, automated warehouses and other technologies used in the food industry ...



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