California’s census numbers confirm the rise of the state’s Hispanics: Latinos now make up 37.6% of the population (or 14 million), just a shade below the 40.1% of whites (15 million). And the trend is clear—that’s a 28% increase for Hispanics over the last decade and a…
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Specific areas in the brain that may be linked to sensations of reward and resistance to risk-taking become increasingly active in early adolescence, indicating that over time the youths may be improving their ability to resist peer pressure, a new study suggests.
Continue reading …The morning-after pill might need a new name after a study that finds it’s fairly reliable as regular old, non-emergency birth control, reports Time. In a review of previous studies of 8,400 women, only about 5% who took the morning-after pill around the time they had sex over the…
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“E! News” anchor and red carpet maven, Giuliana Rancic says the key to having great style is being authentic. (March 9)
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After 11 bodies were found in a Cleveland home, investigators wanted to make sure there weren’t more buried nearby. A prosecutor says an ensuing investigation of unsolved murders led them to ‘another serial murderer.’ (March 9)
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Mohammed ElBaradei, the Nobel laureate and former head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency, has said on a privately owned TV channel that he intends to run for president in Egypt’s 2011 presidential election. “When the door of presidential nominations opens, I intend to nominate myself,” ElBaradei said on ONTV channel on Wednesday. ElBaradei also said that
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By MATT BRADLEY And DAVID LUHNOW CAIRO—Clashes between Coptic Christians and Muslims have killed more than a dozen people in recent days in Egypt, heightening a sense that the country’s postrevolutionary euphoria is yielding to enduring problems including sectarian violence, poverty and misogyny. View Full Image Reuters A Christian at Egypt’s state TV building on Wednesday demanded the state guard Christians’ rights. Coptic Christians angry at the burning of a church clashed late Tuesday with thousands of Muslims in a largely Coptic Christian neighborhood near Egypt’s capital. At least 13 died and more than 100 wounded in a four-hour clash, said witnesses and the state news agency. The…
Continue reading …Teradek Cube brings livestreaming to any camera, just don’t tell Charlie Sheen
March 9, 2011 No Comment
Livestreams have become a part of daily life here at Engadget, and the Teradek Cube aims to make any camera livestream-capable without additional software or materials. It’s is a card deck-sized box that docks in your camera’s hot shoe and connects to the net for instant streaming to the company’s Livestream.com — way more practical than some bulkier alternatives . All told there are six Cube models to choose from with varying quality / connectivity capabilities, but you get a free month of Livesteam.com service with any purchase, making the $1,490 starting price a little more palatable. The higher end models can even connect to Verizon 4G when paired with the Pantech UML290 , and the Cube is said to work with any camera. Of course, you could go the UStream route if quality isn’t your highest priority, but we only recommend that for the lowest of low-budget films. Teradek Cube brings livestreaming to any camera, just don’t tell Charlie Sheen originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Mar 2011 23:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Health Care Reform and Children: College Students, Autism, Prenatal Care, and More
March 9, 2011 No Comment
WebMD explains how children and teens will be affected by health care reform.
Continue reading …Think New York City will ever name a park after Osama bin Laden or hold a parade in his honor? Before you answer, consider Columbus, New Mexico, which today celebrates “Raid Day,” a festival commemorating the day in 1916 when Pancho Villa raided the town with 500 soldiers, in what…
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