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Chaotic Households Contribute to Mothers' Obesity

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Putting food on the table, struggling with unemployment and meeting the relentless needs of young children all contribute to household stress. Now, a new study finds that these pressures also increase the possibility that ...





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New climate targets may not change daily life much (AP)

New climate targets may not change daily life much

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (14) | comments 13

(AP) -- Americans' day-to-day lives won't change noticeably if President Barack Obama achieves his newly announced goal of slashing carbon dioxide pollution by one-sixth in the next decade, experts say.


Obama to plead US case at global warming summit (AP)

Obama to plead US case at global warming summit

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1

(AP) -- President Barack Obama will commit the United States to substantial cuts in greenhouse gas pollution over the next decade - despite resistance in Congress over higher costs - when he travels to a ...


Cutting greenhouse pollutants could directly save millions of lives worldwide

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (12) | comments 6

Tackling climate change by reducing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse emissions will have major direct health benefits in addition to reducing the risk of climate change, especially in low-income countries, according to ...


The e-waste dilemma

The e-waste dilemma

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Electronic devices could create significant environmental and health problems after they are thrown away. UC Irvine researchers are working with engineers, manufacturers and public health ...


5-day delivery no sure cure for postal woes, economist says

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scaling back mail delivery from six days a week to five may be the best bet to stem mounting U.S. Postal Service losses, but could still be a gamble, says a University of Illinois economist who has studied the agency's persistent ...


As robots become more common, Stanford experts consider the legal challenges

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- They already detect and defuse bombs, control traffic patterns and do some basic household chores. And scientists predict that pretty soon, robots will be using artificial intelligence to play a larger role ...


Lose the fat: Targeting grease to curtail sewer overflows

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sewer overflows are a nasty business, posing dangers to human health and the environment. North Carolina State University is launching a new project with funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that targets ...


How green is your house? Recycling favorite activity among Brits says new survey

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Seventy percent of households always separate their rubbish for recycling, but only 2 percent buy their energy on a green tariff, according to the early findings of a major new annual household survey, called "Understanding ...


Recession may be over, but recovery will be gradual

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- With the severe national recession of the past two years finally behind us, the pace of economic recovery will be slow and unemployment will remain high for quite some time, say economists at the University ...


Building the smart home wirelessly

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Like the paperless office, the smart home has been a long time coming, but a report published in the International Journal of Internet Protocol Technology, suggests that radio tags coupled with mobile communications device ...



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