23881430
submission
Lexx Greatrex writes:
A study of 60 children recently published in Pediatrics, the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, finds that four-year-olds who watched SpongeBob performed worse on executive function (EF) tests carried out within nine minutes of viewing than kids watching the PBS show Caillou. Without elaboration of any scientific or statistical significance of its findings or rationale for selecting the specific shows in question, the study simply draws the conclusion that "Children watch a great deal of television, and it has been associated with long-term attention problems. However, there is little research on the immediate impact of television on EF".
21708648
submission
Lexx Greatrex writes:
Fresh lies have been added to the global warming argument, but this time not by self-interested politicians but by reputable scientists. An obscure side note was added to the University of Colorado (CU) Sea Level Research Group web site recently explaining that 0.3 mm/year is added to the sea-level data due to the land masses of the Earth rising through an effect known as glacial isostatic adjustment or GIA. This counterintuitive adjustment is equivalent to a traffic cop adding 10 mph to your speeding ticket because you were driving into a head-wind.
7030110
submission
Lexx Greatrex writes:
It took Microsoft ten years and millions of dollars to build their touch screen surface.
A group of innovative young designers from the Umeå Institute of Design in Sweden show us how to do it ourselves... in a few days on a shoestring budget...
7025270
submission
Lexx Greatrex writes:
Go is a new experimental language from Google labs. It is still in early stages of maturity, but there is more than enough of it to get the feeling of what the intentions of the final product are; and sadly this language appears destined for the language FAIL file.
