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Long work hours widen the gender gap

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 01, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Working overtime has a disproportionate impact on women in dual-earner households, exacerbating gender inequality and supporting the "separate sphere" phenomenon in which men are the breadwinners while women tend to the home, ...





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The upside of feeling down

The upside of feeling down

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created 4 hours ago | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

A chill wind chases you into the door of your local newsagent. Rain is drumming down outside. As you pay for your newspaper, you briefly notice a number of strange items on the checkout counter - a matchbox ...


Electronic Arts posts 2Q loss, plans layoffs (AP)

EA posts 2Q loss, cutting 17 pct. of work force

Technology / Business

created 8 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Electronic Arts plans to cut its work force by 17 percent as it tries to align its business with a transforming video game industry.


The LHC tunnel

Peckish bird briefly downs big atom smasher

Physics / General Physics

created 19 hours ago | popularity 3.8 / 5 (9) | comments 11

A peckish bird briefly knocked out part of the world's biggest atom smasher by causing a chain reaction with a piece of bread, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) said Monday.


Framed for child porn -- by a PC virus

Framed for child porn -- by a PC virus

Technology / Internet

created Nov 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3

(AP) -- Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography.


House passes health care bill on close vote (AP)

Landmark health bill passes House on close vote

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 08, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (10) | comments 5

(AP) -- The Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed far-reaching health care legislation, handing President Barack Obama a hard-won victory on his chief domestic priority though the road ahead in the ...


In Europe, an orderly approach to swine flu shots (AP)

In Europe, most swine flu shots by invitation only

Medicine & Health / Health

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

(AP) -- In Britain, there are no long lines of people seeking swine flu vaccine. Doctor's offices aren't swamped with desperate calls. And there are no cries of injustice that the vaccine is going to wealthy ...


Crossing the line: how aggressive cells invade the brain

Crossing the line: how aggressive cells invade the brain (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

In diseases such as multiple sclerosis, cells of the immune system infiltrate the brain tissue, where they cause immense damage. For many years, it was an enigma as to how these cells can escape from the bloodstream. ...


Goldman Sachs, Citigroup got swine flu vaccine (AP)

Goldman Sachs, Citigroup got swine flu vaccine

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Some of New York's biggest companies, including Wall Street giants Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, received doses of swine flu vaccine for at-risk employees, drawing criticism that the hard-to-find vaccine ...


Community education and evacuation planning saved lives in Sept. 29 Samoan tsunami

Community education and evacuation planning saved lives in Sept. 29 Samoan tsunami

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Community-based education and awareness programs minimized the death toll from the recent Samoan tsunami, though there are still ways to improve the warning and evacuation process, according to a team of researchers ...


NXP Sets New Benchmarks for LED Drivers

Technology / Semiconductors

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NXP Semiconductors today announced three major developments in its portfolio of mains connected LED driver solutions: the success of its SSL2101 LED driver IC in matching LED lifetimes in an accelerated lifetime test; the ...



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