 Snooze Smarts: How Naps Help Preschoolers Learn  | Teachers have long considered naps a valuable part of a preschooler's day, and research now confirms the learning benefits of daytime snoozes.
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| Read More » Why Lines for Disney Rides are 'Magic' (Op-Ed)  | At 36 years old, I finally went to Disney World. I'm a new citizen of the United States, so I thought I had better take part in a great American tradition. I was not disappointed. I have never seen anything like the pageantry, the eerie cleanliness of the place (comparable only to Singapore), the nonstop entertainment. But the most fascinating part for me was what is usually the worst part for everyone else — standing in line.
| Read More » Can Society Win the Race Against Climate Change? (Op-Ed)  | People often ask me whether or not there is hope for winning the race against climate change. It's a difficult question, especially if one keeps up with — it is a sobering exercise to track our climate trajectory.
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| Read More » New cargo ship's docking at space station delayed to Saturday By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL (Reuters) - A traffic jam at the International Space Station is prompting a second delay in the arrival of a new commercial cargo ship that is making a test run to the orbital outpost, officials said on Monday. The docking of the Cygnus freighter was retargeted for Saturday to avoid conflicting with Wednesday's scheduled arrival of new crew members at the space station. Orbital Sciences originally had planned to fly the Cygnus to the station on Sunday following four days of maneuvers and communications tests. ... Read More » Effects of Ancient Meteor Impacts Still Visible on Earth Today  | More than 35 million years ago, a 15-story wall of water triggered by an asteroid strike washed over Virginia from its coast, then located at Richmond, to the foot of the inland Blue Ridge Mountains — an impact that would affect millions of people should it occur today. Yet despite its age, the effects of this ancient asteroid strike, as well as other epic space rock impact scars, can still be felt today, scientists say.
| Read More » Egyptian Dog Mummy Infested with Bloodsucking Parasites  | A dog mummy has revealed the first archaeological evidence of bloodsucking parasites plaguing Fido's ancestors in Egypt during the classical era of Roman rule.
| Read More » Golden Eagle Attacks Deer in Camera Trap Footage  | A rare death match between a golden eagle and a young deer was inadvertently captured by a camera trap set up to snap pictures of Russia's endangered Siberian tigers.
| Read More » Climate Scientists: IPCC Report Must Communicate Consensus  | As the huge effort to compile the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report comes to a close this week, many researchers expect new certainty to emerge in such areas as sea level rise and global temperature increases.
| Read More » 'Pacemaker' Device Could Improve Sleep Apnea A new medical implant could help treat people with sleep apnea, a disorder that causes breathing to stop abnormally during sleep, researchers say. Read More » Low Arsenic Levels Linked with Heart Disease Exposure to even low levels of arsenic in drinking water and food may increase the risk of developing, and dying from, heart disease, a new study suggests. Read More » Politics Is Main Hurdle to 'After Sex' Birth Control, Experts Say  | Political opposition is the main hurdle to developing birth control methods that could be more suitable than current options for many women, health experts said today (Sept. 23) in an editorial. The authors called on researchers to embrace and study birth control methods that act after sex, and can be taken only occasionally.
| Read More » What 95% certainty of warming means to scientists WASHINGTON (AP) — Top scientists from a variety of fields say they are about as certain that global warming is a real, man-made threat as they are that cigarettes kill. Read More » Medical Devices Vulnerable to Hackers, New Report Says In an episode of the television series "Homeland," a terrorist organization assassinates the vice president of the United States by wirelessly hacking into his pacemaker. Although the scenario was fictional, the underlying premise is not. Read More » 3D Printing Aims to Deliver Organs on Demand  | Dying patients could someday receive a 3D-printed organ made from their own cells rather than wait on long lists for the short supply of organ transplants. Such a futuristic dream remains far from reality, but university labs and private companies have already taken the first careful steps by using 3D-printing technology to build tiny chunks of organs.
| Read More » Breast Cancer Prevention Drugs Recommended for High-Risk Women  | Women at high risk of developing breast cancer may benefit from taking medications that reduce the risk of the disease, but average-risk women should not take the drugs, according to new recommendations from a government-appointed panel of experts.
| Read More » Why Heart Disease Strikes Women Later Than Men Women tend to develop heart disease about 10 years later than men, and new research suggests this is partly due to women's bodies being better at compensating for insensitivity to insulin, which controls blood sugar. Read More » Age of Aquarius: Spot the Famed Constellation in Night Sky This Week With a new season comes a new sky. Read More » Warming Could Heat Up Storms Over Eastern US In May, residents of Tornado Alley braced themselves as the region's usual spring thunderstorms began popping up across the plains, bringing heavy rainfall that caused flash floods, high winds, hail and tornadoes. On May 20, the town of Moore, Okla., seemingly a perennial tornado target, was struck by a monster storm that was 1.3 miles (2 kilometers) wide at its peak, carving a 17-mile-long (27 km) path of destruction through the Oklahoma City suburb with winds that reached 210 mph (338 km/h). Read More » How High Will Sea Levels Go by 2100?  | Rising sea level is among the most potentially catastrophic effects of human-caused climate change. Increases in sea level strengthen the destructive power of storms, and threaten to swamp major coastal cities, as well as small-island and low-lying nations. In the United States alone, more than 8 million people live in areas at risk of coastal flooding.
| Read More » 12 Gadgets Ahead of Their Time  | A piece of technology doesn't have to be a hit for it to be a milestone. In fact, some of the most important gadgets flopped, as it takes years of refinement for any given product category to resonate with mainstream consumers. For pioneering companies, it's about pointing the way for an industry through innovation and risk taking. ...
| Read More » Could Upcoming Comet Flybys Damage Mars Spacecraft?  | Two comets will buzz Mars over the course of the next year, prompting excitement as well as some concern that cometary particles could hit the spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet and exploring its surface.
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