الاثنين، 20 أبريل 2015

Which type of weed is right for you? and 10 More

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Which type of weed is right for you?

An interactive guide to the types of weed that show no two highs are exactly alike.

Photoshoot shows Kim Jong-un reportedly climbing North Korea's highest peak

Kim Jong-Un reportedly climbed to the peak of Mt. Paektu, the highest mountain in North Korea and a symbol of his family's rule.

Original Moore's Law paper doesn't say what you think it does

Moore's Law states roughly that the number of transistors that can be installed on an integrated circuit doubles every two years.

Lilly Pulitzer for Target items are sold out everywhere and people are pissed

Hundreds of thousands of fashion fans woke up early Sunday in hopes of snagging items from the Lilly Pulitzer for Target line, but most items were sold out.

10 times ESPN employees acted like total jerks

All too often, it can sometimes seem, ESPN employees become stories themselves for misdeeds of their own.

This Star Wars super fan created his own working BB-8 droid

Industrial designer Christian Poulsen built his own mini BB-8 out of a Sphero robot ball and it's awesome.

Sony's Ultra HD 4K TVs that are thinner than an iPhone 6 to arrive this summer

Sony's new 2015 Ultra HD TVs are impossibly thin.

BuzzFeed admits deleting 3 articles due to 'advertising complaints'

'BuzzFeed' has deleted more posts than some smaller websites likely publish in an entire year.

Video of tourists lighting Australian quokka on fire leads to court case

Australia's favourite random animal, the quokka, has been at the centre of a horrific court case.

Jeremy Clarkson thought he had cancer before altercation with 'Top Gear' producer

Jeremy Clarkson wrote in a column that he'd been told he might have cancer, two days before getting into a physical altercation with a 'Top Gear' producer.

Hacked emails indicate Ben Affleck asked PBS not to reveal his slave-owning ancestor

Ben Affleck asked creators of the PBS show 'Finding Your Roots' not to reveal his slave-owning ancestor.

ScienceDaily: Top News

ScienceDaily: Top News


Animal study shows why long-time consumption of soyfoods reduces breast cancer recurrence

Posted: 19 Apr 2015 04:39 PM PDT

Women diagnosed with breast cancer are often told not to eat soyfoods or soy-based supplements because they can interfere with anti-estrogen treatment. But new research could eventually impact that advice, because in animals, a long history of eating soyfoods boosts the immune response against breast tumors, reducing cancer recurrence.

Getting foster youth through college will take structured support, study concludes

Posted: 19 Apr 2015 04:39 PM PDT

The college graduation rate for students who have lived in foster care is 3 percent, among the lowest of any demographic group in the country. And this rate is unlikely to improve unless community colleges institute formal programs to assist foster youth both financially and academically, concludes a new study.

Leading doctors warn that sepsis deaths will not be curbed without radical rethink of research strategy

Posted: 19 Apr 2015 04:37 PM PDT

Medical and public recognition of sepsis--thought to contribute to between a third and a half of all hospital deaths--must improve if the number of deaths from this common and potentially life-threatening condition are to fall, leading physicians say in a new article.

Literacy app improves school readiness in at-risk preschoolers

Posted: 19 Apr 2015 04:37 PM PDT

Using mobile apps in preschool classrooms may help improve early literacy skills and boost school readiness for low-income children, according to research. "Guided use of an educational app may be a source of motivation and engagement for children in their early years," said the study's author. "The purpose of our study was to examine if a motivating app could accelerate children's learning, which it did."

ScienceDaily: Health & Medicine News

ScienceDaily: Health & Medicine News


Animal study shows why long-time consumption of soyfoods reduces breast cancer recurrence

Posted: 19 Apr 2015 04:39 PM PDT

Women diagnosed with breast cancer are often told not to eat soyfoods or soy-based supplements because they can interfere with anti-estrogen treatment. But new research could eventually impact that advice, because in animals, a long history of eating soyfoods boosts the immune response against breast tumors, reducing cancer recurrence.

Leading doctors warn that sepsis deaths will not be curbed without radical rethink of research strategy

Posted: 19 Apr 2015 04:37 PM PDT

Medical and public recognition of sepsis--thought to contribute to between a third and a half of all hospital deaths--must improve if the number of deaths from this common and potentially life-threatening condition are to fall, leading physicians say in a new article.