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CDC disappointed as smoking increases in U.S. E-mail
Sunday, 22 November 2009
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that the rate of cigarette smoking in the United States increased in 2008, the first time in fifteen years.

 
CDC releases county by county obesity rates E-mail
Sunday, 22 November 2009
According to a first-time report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the counties in the Appalachian region of the country report high rates of obesity and diabetes in more than 80% of its counties. A majority of counties in the Deep South also report the same.

 
NASA takes Earthlings to "Planet 51" E-mail
Sunday, 22 November 2009
The Sony Pictures animated movie "Planet 5" helps to promote the importance of space exploration to all peoples of the planet Earth and other planets in the Milky Way galaxy and beyond.

 
Burned skin healed with human embryonic stem cells E-mail
Saturday, 21 November 2009
A French study has shown that human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) can be potentially used to produce skin grafts for people with large, serious burns.

 
Large Hadron Collider to restart (probably) Saturday E-mail
Saturday, 21 November 2009
According to latest news from CERN, scientists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) are preparing to re-start the gigantic particle accelerator and collider on Saturday, November 20, 2009.

 
IBM scientists 'purrfect' computer that thinks like a cat E-mail
Thursday, 19 November 2009
Researchers at the International Business Machines Corporation announced that they have built a computer that simulated the cerebral cortex--the thinking part of the brain--of a cat.  What's next? A human? Yes!

 
Study finds childrearing much changed over past nine decades E-mail
Thursday, 19 November 2009
Dr. Markella Rutherford conducted an analysis based on parenting articles from the 1920s to the mid-2000s. She found that children have more freedoms within the home, but less independence outside of it.

 
U.S. study finds surprise within greenhouse gases E-mail
Thursday, 19 November 2009
Researchers from NASA and Purdue University found that carbon dioxide and methane are not as important as fluorine (F) compounds such as chlorofluorocarbons, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and nitrogen fluoride when it comes to producing greenhouse gases (GHGs).

 
Food allergies increase in U.S. children E-mail
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
According to analysis of four large national health surveys by two U.S. researchers of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly 4% of children in the United States have food allergies. And, that percentage is increasing rapidly; however, the reason is unclear.

 
PEW report: Teens, parents continue to text and drive E-mail
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
According to the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, about 25% of teenagers in the United States are texting while driving. They see their parents texting and driving, too!

 
STS-129 lifts off through a beautiful sky in Florida E-mail
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
The space shuttle Atlantis and its NASA astronauts lifted off at 2:28 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) from its launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Monday, November 16, 2009.

 
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