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New program teaches preschoolers reading skills, getting along with others
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Nov 14, 2008 |
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A study funded by the National Institutes of Health and other federal agencies shows that it's possible to teach preschoolers the pre-reading skills they need for later school success, while at the same time fostering the ...
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Bullet pulled from woman's head in China after 42 years: report
May 15, 2009 |
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Doctors in southwest China have successfully removed a bullet from a woman's head 42 years after she was shot, putting an end to decades of increasingly unbearable pain, state media said Friday.
A water snake that predicts which way fish will turn when it attacks
Jun 18, 2009 |
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Forget the old folk tales about snakes hypnotizing their prey. The tentacled snake from South East Asia has developed a more effective technique. The small water snake has found a way to startle its prey so ...
Study: Lack of capital not a 'death sentence' for start-ups
Jun 02, 2009 |
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A new study from North Carolina State University is turning the conventional wisdom about technology start-up companies on its head, showing that ventures with moderate levels of undercapitalization can still be successful ...
Spider love: Little guys get lots more
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Dec 08, 2008 |
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Big males outperform smaller ones in head-to-head mating contests but diminutive males make ten times better lovers because they're quicker to mature and faster on their feet, a new study of redback spiders reveals.
Eager gamers line up for 'Modern Warfare 2'
Nov 10, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Ryan Norwalk has cleared his schedule. The 26-year-old California State University student plans to spend Tuesday gunning down foes in "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2," the highly anticipated first-person shooter ...
Raindrops keep falling on your head -- but they burst first
Jul 20, 2009 |
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For generations, schoolchildren have been taught that raindrops start as micro-droplets that then gather together in clouds with their neighbours to become bigger droplets.
Finnish firms announce electric car plans
Aug 06, 2009 |
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Finnish engineering company Metso's unit Valmet Automotive and utility Fortum said Thursday they will jointly develop an electric concept car to be shown at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2010.
Catalonian researchers design smart room
Feb 04, 2009 |
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A room with 85 microphones and eight cameras that act as the eyes and ears of a projected talking head that is capable of recognizing speakers and turning towards their position. The project by these UPC researchers ...
Mothers give interloper's offspring a head start in life
May 14, 2009 |
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A new study has revealed that mother birds can provide an early advantage to the chicks that they have sired with their non-social partner (known as extra-pair offspring).
Honda says to open bio-ethanol research centre
Feb 26, 2009 |
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Japan's Honda Motor Co., seeking a boost in the race to build greener automobiles, said Thursday it would open a research centre to develop and produce bio-ethanol fuel from non-edible plant matter.
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