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Hubble Space Telescope Gives Best View Yet of Star Birth

Seeded on Fri Nov 6, 2009 4:38 PM EST (AOL)

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science, hubble-telescope, astrophotography, sky-watching, star-birth

Helicopter Parenting Wrong for All Cultures

Seeded on Fri Nov 6, 2009 11:24 AM EST (Psych Central)

Parenting is an incredibly rewarding albeit frequently challenging experience. Unfortunately issues from 'over-parenting' — where parents dominate their children's life with the meddling often extending into adolescence and continuing until college entry — transcend ge …

home-garden, parenting, raising-children, parental-control, psychology

How to Web Enable Seniors

Seeded on Fri Nov 6, 2009 11:21 AM EST (Psych Central)

The information age has arrived. Cell phones and word processors rule.

technology, internet-use, aging-issues, designing-technology-for-seniors, web-use-by-age

Social Networking 3.0

Seeded on Fri Nov 6, 2009 11:17 AM EST (Psych Central)

The information and cultural transformation spawned by social networking may soon upgrade to a new level of sophistication.

technology, facebook, networking, social-networks

70 Percent of Young Americans Are Unfit for Military Duty

Seeded on Wed Nov 4, 2009 11:15 AM EST ()

WASHINGTON (Nov. 3) -- Are America's youth too fat, dumb or dishonest to defend the nation against its enemies?

us-news, military-recruitment, youth-in-the-united-states

Child Aggression Linked to More TV

Seeded on Wed Nov 4, 2009 9:49 AM EST ()

Nov. 2, 2009 -- Parents, here's one more reason to turn off the television. A new study shows that children who watch more television -- and even those who are exposed to the television while other people in the home are watching -- are more likely to be aggressive.

health, television-and-children, pediatrics, agression-and-tv

GNW: A $100 Sent In The Mail Goes A Long Way -- A Kindness Story

Seeded on Wed Nov 4, 2009 9:44 AM EST (helpothers.org)

I do my best to save money wherever I can, but I have to admit, recently I have had a bit of a tough time making ends meet. My husband has stopped paying child support which has made things difficult.

home-garden, kindness, surprises-in-the-mail, good-news-wednesday, helping-others, single-moms

Tele Scouter -- retinal-display translation glasses

Seeded on Wed Nov 4, 2009 9:33 AM EST (Pink Tentacle)

Electronics giant NEC has reportedly developed a wearable optical device that interprets foreign languages and projects a real-time translation directly onto the retina, enabling the wearer to communicate with other language speakers without an interpreter.

technology, translating-devices, interpreters, optical-devices

Animated stereoviews of old Japan

Seeded on Wed Nov 4, 2009 9:30 AM EST (Pink Tentacle)

In the late 19th and early 20th century, enigmatic photographer T. Enami (1859-1929) captured a number of 3D stereoviews depicting life in Meiji-period Japan

history, meiji-period-japan, sterographs, old-photos, photographic-history, 3-d-photos

Space junk storm will up mission costs: experts

Seeded on Wed Nov 4, 2009 9:11 AM EST (Reuters)

LONDON (Reuters) - A growing storm of debris flying around in space is dramatically increasing the risk of orbital crashes, and steps to avoid them will add greatly to the costs of future space flight, British space experts say.

science, space-junk, debris-around-the-earth, astro-hazards

Space Junk Could Be Tracked Like Vultures

Seeded on Tue Nov 3, 2009 2:21 PM EST (Wired News)

Dangerous debris near rocket launches could be tracked in real time by combining tricks from particle colliders, moon landings and vulture tracking, a new study finds.

science, space-debris, junk-in-space, astrojunk, space-flights

The myth of Fox News' ratings spike | Media Matters for America

Seeded on Tue Nov 3, 2009 9:57 AM EST (Media Matters for America)

Fact: The breathless claim that Fox News' ratings recently spiked thanks to the White House's public critique is bogus hype -- hype that Fox News and the Beltway press have relentlessly pushed. It's just not true.

us-news, fox-news, ratings-for-news-show, media-issues, telling-the-truth

Days of the Dead - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Seeded on Mon Nov 2, 2009 1:13 PM EST (The Boston Globe)

From October 31st through November 2nd, a number of festivals, holidays and solemnities take place, all loosely related and revolving around remembrance of the dead.

home-garden, holidays, halloween, samhain, day-of-the-dead, photos

Memory lapse: Politico asks, "What if Bush had done" things he actually did | Media Matters for America

Seeded on Tue Oct 27, 2009 1:40 PM EDT (Media Matters for America)

In support of his dubious argument that the press is treating President Obama more favorably than President Bush, Politico's Josh Gerstein falsely suggested that unlike David Axelrod, Karl Rove was never involved in national security meetings.

politics, bush-vs-obama, msnbc, fox-news, media-watch

Secretary Of The Army: Military Ready To Lift Ban On Openly Gay Service

Seeded on Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:10 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

In an interview with the Army Times published Sunday, Secretary of the Army John McHugh indicated that the army would be ready to lift the ban on gays serving openly if both Congress and President Obama decided to repeal "don't ask, don't tell."

us-news, army, dadt, dont-ask-dont-tell, john-mchugh, military-policy, repeal-dont-ask-dont-tell, politics-news

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Xerox's Fabric-Printable Circuitry Coming to Production, Heralds Electronic Clothing

Seeded on Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:06 PM EDT (Popular Science - )

you're like me, the lack of computing power in your T-shirt causes constant problems. Well, thanks to the guys over at Xerox, you'll never have to worry about a jacket that can't run Windows 7 ever again.

technology, printable-technology, electronics, ink-circuits

Changing the World

Seeded on Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:01 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Americans have tended to watch with a remarkable (I think frightening) degree of passivity as crises of all sorts have gripped the country and sent millions of lives into tailspins.

us-news, activism, what-one-person-can-do, social-justice, human-rights, what-you-believe-in

Why teach the arts? Art inspires learning

Seeded on Tue Oct 27, 2009 11:48 AM EDT (Christian Science Monitor)

Science emphasizes quantities. Art emphasizes qualities. Their mix, although paradoxical, moves us closer to completeness.

education, teaching-art, what-should-we-teach, school-curriculum

Colbert on Washington State's "Everything but Marriage"

Seeded on Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:48 AM EDT (Google)

Stephen Colbert returned to air last night after a week off with a particularly funny and diverse episode, tackling everything from George Will's sartorial hypocrisy to gay rights.

entertainment, colbert-report, anti-gays, gay-marriage, government-petitions

Buddha Space: Signs: The Wisdom of Ajahn Chah

Seeded on Mon Oct 26, 2009 4:45 PM EDT ()

"Any speech that ignores uncertainty is not the speech of the sage."

religion, buddhism, quotes, ajahn-chah, thoughts, spirituality

The Greatest Science Fiction Sites We'll Miss On Geocities

Seeded on Mon Oct 26, 2009 4:40 PM EDT (io9)

Anyway, we searched through Geocities in its last remaining moments, and pulled up some of our favorite sites that cover obscure or odd topics, plus a few of the silliest. What are your favorites that you'll miss when it's gone?

technology, geocities, fan-sites

Baby Einstein Refund: Kids Too Much Like Real Baby Einstein

Seeded on Mon Oct 26, 2009 4:36 PM EDT (TIME)

Disney's recently announced decision to offer a refund to parents who purchased its popular "Baby Einstein" videos vindicates researchers who had been attacked by the company.

education, disney, corporations, baby-einstein, development, babies, parenting

The Appalling Decline of Literacy Among College Graduates

Seeded on Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:59 PM EDT (History News Network)

Everyone who cares about higher education in this country knows about the chronic under funding of public universities, which has been going on for at least 25 years but has now reached crisis levels owing to the current recession.

education, adult-literacy, college-graduates, university-education

Women pay up to 50% more for health insurance premiums

Seeded on Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:52 PM EDT (The Denver Post)

Checking the "female" box when buying health insurance is likely to cost extra — perhaps up to 50 percent more than a man would pay for the same coverage. Gender-rating — or what some term as flat-out sexual discrimination — is linked to the simple fact that women, particu …

health, health-insurance, gender-issues

Michael Moore: 15 Things Every American Can Do Right Now

Seeded on Thu Oct 22, 2009 12:11 PM EDT (BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash)

You want something to do? Well, you've come to the right place! 'Cause I got 15 things you and I can do right now to fight back and try to fix this very broken system. Here they are:

us-news, activism, michael-moore, things-to-do, fix-government, fix-healthcare

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