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Too Few Caregivers For Aging Baby Boomers? 27 Aug 2013 | 12:35 pm
The AARP Policy Institute sees a big shortage of caregivers for aging folks. How to deal with this problem? Consider these findings: In 2010, there were 7.2 potential caregivers (ages 45-64 or the ave...
Vascular Endothelial Cells Grown From Stem Cells 26 Aug 2013 | 12:59 am
Stem cells which are pluripotent are capable of becoming any other cell type. Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are usually created by applying gene therapy and chemicals to adult cells to make t...
Conscientious People Making Fewer Babies 22 Aug 2013 | 11:16 am
Why bring babies into a world full of so many unconscientious people? Men with neurotic personality traits are having fewer children compared to previous generations, according to a new study publishe...
Battered Dogs Elicit More Sympathy Than Battered Adult Humans 17 Aug 2013 | 11:47 pm
Do college students lack sympathy for adults who get beat up? I bet this holds for other age brackets and educational levels. In their study, Levin and co-author Arnold Arluke, a sociology professor a...
Push An Asteroid Into Earth Orbit? 14 Aug 2013 | 11:20 am
A dozen small asteroids have orbits which make a nudge into an Earth Lagrange point doable.. By looking through the catalog of known asteroids, aerospace engineers have identified 12 candidates that w...
Natural Selection To Boost Fertility In Developed Countries 11 Aug 2013 | 02:10 am
Jason Collins and Oliver Richards expect a resurgence on fertility in developed countries. We propose that the recent rise in the fertility rate in developed countries is the beginning of a broad-base...
10 Speed Automatic Transmissions And 3 Cylinder Engines 9 Aug 2013 | 11:15 am
The strides being made to increase fuel efficiency are amazing.The race to raise car fuel economy is driving up transmission gear count while it drives down engine cylinder count. The 2015 Chevy Volt ...
Will Robots Work For Poor Unemployed Masses? 7 Aug 2013 | 10:10 am
Will robots cause unemployment of most working age people? Suppose they will. Then will governments collect tax money to pay the zero marginal product non-workers to live a life of leisure? Some peopl...
Chinese Hackers Take Over Decoy Water Control System 4 Aug 2013 | 10:42 pm
A Chinese hacking group accused this February of being tied to the Chinese army was caught last December infiltrating a decoy water control system for a U.S. municipality, a researcher revealed on Wed...
Car Electric Battery Prices Dropped In Half Since 2008? 4 Aug 2013 | 11:51 am
A chart in Technology Review shows a decline in electric vehicle battery prices from $1000 per kwh to $485 per kwh since 2008. Realistic? Suppose the $485/kwh number is correct. Then the 24 kwh Nissan...
