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Congress can learn from Mass., Tenn. health plans
May 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Laid off from her job in Massachusetts, Danielle Marks thought immediately about losing her health insurance. How could she afford the medication and physical therapy she needed to heal after shoulder surgery?
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'New arms race' taking shape in cyberspace: Van Loan
May 27, 2009 |
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A "new arms race" is taking shape in cyberspace, Canada's security czar said Wednesday, lamenting ever bolder and more sophisticated attacks on government websites by Russia, China and others.
Women know bonnie babies best
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- St Andrews researchers may finally have found the reason why women are more likely to coo over babies than men.
Go figure: Weight loss one of the worst reasons to exercise
Apr 13, 2006 |
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Exercising to lose weight? Think of another reason or the odds are you won't be exercising for long, according to a University of Michigan study of baby boomer women.
Cholesterol-reducing drugs may lessen brain function
Feb 23, 2009 |
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Research by an Iowa State University scientist suggests that cholesterol-reducing drugs known as statins may lessen brain function.
Ideal weight varies across cultures, but body image dissatisfaction pervades
Oct 23, 2007 |
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Different cultures have different standards and norms for appropriate body size and shape, which can effect how children perceive their body image. Some cultures celebrate a fuller body shape more than others, but researchers ...
Micromuscles: Micrometer-Sized Actuators from Liquid-crystal Elastomers (w/ Video)
Aug 11, 2009 |
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To move your arm or leg, certain muscles need to change shape, to either lengthen or contract. Now scientists have made liquid-crystalline particles that can change shape in a similar way, but which are only ...
To understand the big picture, give it time -- and sleep
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 20, 2007 |
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Memorizing a series of facts is one thing, understanding the big picture is quite another. Now a new study demonstrates that relational memory -- the ability to make logical "big picture" inferences from disparate pieces ...
Researchers Hear the Sound of Quantum Drums
Feb 08, 2008 |
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Forty years ago, mathematician Mark Kac asked the theoretical question, "Can one hear the shape of a drum?"
Researchers fly a kite for manure recycling
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Researchers at North Wyke Research, and Lancaster and Exeter universities, have come up with an advice system to help farmers recycle manure safely and avoid polluting watercourses.
Pieces Coming Together for First Test Launch of NASA's New Spacecraft
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA is using powerful computers and software programs to design the rocket that will carry crew and cargo to space after the space shuttle retires. But those computers will have their work ...
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