Humanity’s tree-dwelling ancestors probably never dreamed that their descendants could eventually fly aboard airships, winged aircraft and spacecraft into the skies and beyond Earth. Each great moment in flight inspired the next generation of aviators to try flying higher, faster and farther as they shaped the course of human history. Early balloon and airship flights […]
Archive for July, 2012
Burnt-Out Nurses Linked to More Hospital Infections
TUESDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) — Burnout among nurses is linked to an increase in hospital infection rates, researchers have found. In addition, job-related exhaustion among nursing staff costs millions of health care dollars each year, according to the study from the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research at the University of Pennsylvania School […]
Smile! It Might Lower Your Stress Level, Study Shows
TUESDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) — Stressed out? Turn that frown upside down and you might just feel better, new research contends. Researchers at the University of Kansas subjected college students to anxiety-inducing tasks and found that those who smiled through them appeared to have less stress. The study, led by research psychologists Tara Kraft […]
US Military Shoots Down Dark Knight’s Flying "Bat" Idea
When the Dark Knight rises to defend Gotham once more, he literally takes to the skies in a flying vehicle known simply as the Bat. The new nonlethal weapon in Batman‘s arsenal can hover like a helicopter and pull off aerial maneuvers worthy of “Top Gun” fighter jets — a combination that may seem almost […]
Depression Rates Rise for Girls During Teen Years
TUESDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) — Rates of major depression skyrocket among young girls as they move through the already vulnerable period of adolescence. According to new research, about 5 percent of 12-year-old girls experienced a major depressive episode in the past year, compared with 15 percent of 15-year-old girls, a threefold increase. Some 1.4 […]
Why Some People Can Recall Life’s Every Moment
Can you remember what you ate for lunch on March 8, 1999? What about what you were wearing on Oct. 29, 1985? A handful of people — only 33 confirmed to date — can remember such minutiae, recalling almost every moment of their lives after about age 10 in near-perfect detail. They have what scientists […]
Menstrual Cycles May Affect Women’s Shopping Patterns
TUESDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) — The hormonal fluctuations associated with women’s menstrual cycles could color their shopping habits, research suggests. “Our goal was to investigate how a woman’s menstrual cycle impacts consumption desires, product usage, and dollars spent within the food and beautification domains,” study first author Gad Saad, a professor of marketing at […]
Spectacular Photo: Humpback Whale Surprises Fishing Trip
Can you remember what you ate for lunch on March 8, 1999? What about what you were wearing on Oct. 29, 1985? A handful of people — only 33 confirmed to date — can remember such minutiae, recalling almost every moment of their lives after about age 10 in near-perfect detail. They have what scientists […]
Sally Ride biography scheduled for 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — An authorized biography of astronaut Sally Ride, written by longtime ABC correspondent Lynn Sherr, is scheduled for publication next year. Simon Schuster announced Tuesday that Sherr‘s book, currently untitled, will have the cooperation of Ride’s family and of her partner of 27 years, Tam O’Shaughnessy. Ride, the first American woman to […]
Rising Cigarette Prices May Be Incentive to Quit
It sounds like an unfolding epidemic: A decade ago, virtually no one in the U.S. seemed to have a problem eating gluten in bread and other foods. Now, millions do. Views: 0
Is your problem gluten? Or faddish eating?
ATLANTA (AP) — It sounds like an unfolding epidemic: A decade ago, virtually no one in the U.S. seemed to have a problem eating gluten in bread and other foods. Now, millions do. Gluten-free products are flying off grocery shelves, and restaurants are boasting of meals with no gluten. Celebrities on TV talk shows chat […]
Is your problem gluten? Or faddish eating?
ATLANTA (AP) — It sounds like an unfolding epidemic: A decade ago, virtually no one in the U.S. seemed to have a problem eating gluten in bread and other foods. Now, millions do. Gluten-free products are flying off grocery shelves, and restaurants are boasting of meals with no gluten. Celebrities on TV talk shows chat […]
What recession? Treasury civil servants pocket £1m in bonuses
Civil servants shouldn’t be getting them as rest of Britain struggles, critics said today Treasury mandarins grabbed £970,064 in bonuses in the 12 months to April this year ‘We need performance-payments to keep staff,’ Treasury tells MailOnline By Martin Robinson PUBLISHED: 03:47 EST, 31 July 2012 | UPDATED: 03:56 EST, 31 July 2012 Costs: Staff […]
What recession? Treasury civil servants pocket £1m in bonuses
Civil servants shouldn’t be getting them as rest of Britain struggles, critics said today Treasury mandarins grabbed £970,064 in bonuses in the 12 months to April this year ‘We need performance-payments to keep staff,’ Treasury tells MailOnline By Martin Robinson PUBLISHED: 03:47 EST, 31 July 2012 | UPDATED: 03:56 EST, 31 July 2012 Costs: Staff […]
Filling in a form about your broadband? Beware of the sex change zealots
By Ross Clark PUBLISHED: 17:45 EST, 30 July 2012 | UPDATED: 04:46 EST, 31 July 2012 Filling in a form about your broadband? Then you’ll be asked if you’re transgender. ROSS CLARK on the madness of the State’s latest obsession Boundaries: When filling in forms, we are increasingly being given the option to disclose whether […]
Filling in a form about your broadband? Beware of the sex change zealots
By Ross Clark PUBLISHED: 17:45 EST, 30 July 2012 | UPDATED: 04:46 EST, 31 July 2012 Filling in a form about your broadband? Then you’ll be asked if you’re transgender. ROSS CLARK on the madness of the State’s latest obsession Boundaries: When filling in forms, we are increasingly being given the option to disclose whether […]
How to save time and money, according to Ryanair: Build a plane with wider doors so passengers can be herded on more quickly
Getting people off and on in twos will speed up airport turnarounds – key for budget airlines’ profits Chinese company helping them put together a prototype with wider doors Idea came as Ryanair profits dipped by 28% yesterday By Martin Robinson PUBLISHED: 04:58 EST, 31 July 2012 | UPDATED: 05:08 EST, 31 July 2012 Ultra […]
How to save time and money, according to Ryanair: Build a plane with wider doors so passengers can be herded on more quickly
Getting people off and on in twos will speed up airport turnarounds – key for budget airlines’ profits Chinese company helping them put together a prototype with wider doors Idea came as Ryanair profits dipped by 28% yesterday By Martin Robinson PUBLISHED: 04:58 EST, 31 July 2012 | UPDATED: 05:08 EST, 31 July 2012 Ultra […]
Hero grandfather who tackled gang of armed jewellery store raiders praised by judge for ‘fortitude and bravery’ as they are jailed for 36 years
Thugs swung a sledgehammer at the pensioner who tried to stop them Michael Graver grabbed a bag containing £22,000 worth of watches from the robbers Hero says he would ‘do it again’ if he had to By Anna Edwards PUBLISHED: 04:36 EST, 31 July 2012 | UPDATED: 05:57 EST, 31 July 2012 Heroic: Michael Graver […]
Hero grandfather who tackled gang of armed jewellery store raiders praised by judge for ‘fortitude and bravery’ as they are jailed for 36 years
Thugs swung a sledgehammer at the pensioner who tried to stop them Michael Graver grabbed a bag containing £22,000 worth of watches from the robbers Hero says he would ‘do it again’ if he had to By Anna Edwards PUBLISHED: 04:36 EST, 31 July 2012 | UPDATED: 05:57 EST, 31 July 2012 Heroic: Michael Graver […]