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Lack of time on tummy shown to hinder achievement

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 06, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) is urging parents and caregivers to ensure that babies get enough "tummy time" throughout the day while they are awake and supervised, in light of a recent survey of therapists ...





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The 700-year-old Mexican mummy with a tummy ache

Biology /

created Jul 15, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Remnants of the bacterium that causes stomach ulcers, Helicobacter pylori, (H. pylori) have been discovered in gastric tissue from North American mummies. A study of human remains believed to predate Colum ...


Santa Baby: The Secrets to Santa's Sexiness

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- As Mr and Mrs Claus continue to enjoy the world's longest surviving marriage, a team of researchers at the University of St Andrews set out to uncover the secrets of Santa's enduring attractiveness.


UNC study: Children can greatly reduce abdominal pain by using their imagination

Children can greatly reduce abdominal pain by using their imagination

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Children with functional abdominal pain who used audio recordings of guided imagery at home in addition to standard medical treatment were almost three times as likely to improve their pain ...


Australia investigates mysterious penguin killings (AP)

Australia investigates mysterious penguin killings

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(AP) -- The first battered bodies were found on a small Australian beach, the white sand around them stained crimson with their blood. A few days later, the killer struck again - this time on the nearby cliffs ...


Cassini Spacecraft to Monitor North Pole on Titan

Cassini Spacecraft to Monitor North Pole on Titan

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Though there are no plans to investigate whether Saturn's moon Titan has a Santa Claus, NASA's Cassini will zoom close to Titan's north pole this weekend.


Cost-cutting Yahoo to close offices for holidays

Technology / Business

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Yahoo says it will close its offices from Christmas through New Year's to help save money. The cost-cutting move ends a year in which Yahoo's revenue declined for the first time since 2001.


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Why newborn babies can't walk

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (13) | comments 16 weblog

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first steps of an infant is a real milestone in the development of all mammals including humans, but little is known about why some animals can walk soon after birth, while others need ...


Volcanic Quakes Help Forecast Eruptions

Volcanic Quakes Help Forecast Eruptions

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Monitoring the earthquakes caused from magma movements inside an active volcano could help to improve the accuracy of forecasting an eruption.


Ladder-walking locusts show big brains aren't always best

Ladder-walking locusts show big brains aren't always best

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Scientists have shown for the first time that insects, like mammals, use vision rather than touch to find footholds. They made the discovery thanks to high-speed video cameras - technology the BBC uses to ...


College asks students to power down, contemplate (AP)

College asks students to power down, contemplate

Technology / Hi Tech

created Dec 24, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Dianne Lynch wanted to give the students of Stephens College a break from the constant digital communication that pervades their generation. So she asked them to put their phones and computers away ...



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