Thứ Hai, 31 tháng 7, 2017

NPR News: The Subtleties In Causation Talk

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The Subtleties In Causation Talk Randomized controlled trials are a gold standard for good reason, but the notion of causation established here departs from the way we often use causal language, says blogger Tania Lombrozo. Dọc thêm tại NPR Opinion July 31, 2017 at 09:58...
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NPR News: Why We All Scream When We Get Ice Cream Brain Freeze

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Why We All Scream When We Get Ice Cream Brain Freeze When temperatures soar, there's nothing like a frozen treat to take off the edge. But if we dive in too fast, our brains are thrown for a distressing and sometimes painful loop. Here's why. Đọc thêm tại NPR at July 31, 2017 at 06:00PM Health & Scien...
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NPR News: Tens Of Thousands More Women And Minorities Are Taking Computer Science

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Tens Of Thousands More Women And Minorities Are Taking Computer Science The Advanced Placement program has scored a win for diversity with the help of Silicon Valley. Đọc tiếp trên NPR At July 31, 2017 at 05:11PM Categoty Educati...
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NPR News: A Hospital CEO Watches Washington Struggle Over Health Care

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A Hospital CEO Watches Washington Struggle Over Health Care As a provider of both a health care and insurance, Northwell Health has a huge stake in what health care legislation Congress proposes. CEO Michael Dowling says it's time for Democrats and health care professionals to come to the table. Read more on NPR July 31, 2017 at 04:17PM Health Ca...
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NPR News: Arizona Republican Hopes Senators Can Work Together On Health Care

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Arizona Republican Hopes Senators Can Work Together On Health Care Sen. Jeff Flake says he hopes for bipartisan cooperation on health care after last week's failure to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Read more on NPR July 31, 2017 at 04:17PM Health Ca...
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NPR News: A Hospital CEO Watches Washington Struggle Over Health Care

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A Hospital CEO Watches Washington Struggle Over Health Care As a provider of both a health care and insurance, Northwell Health has a huge stake in what health care legislation Congress proposes. CEO Michael Dowling says it's time for Democrats and health care professionals to come to the table. Read more on NPR July 31, 2017 at 04:17PM Health Ca...
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NPR News: Arizona Republican Hopes Senators Can Work Together On Health Care

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Arizona Republican Hopes Senators Can Work Together On Health Care Sen. Jeff Flake says he hopes for bipartisan cooperation on health care after last week's failure to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Read more on NPR July 31, 2017 at 04:17PM Health Ca...
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NPR News: New Florida Law Lets Residents Challenge School Textbooks

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New Florida Law Lets Residents Challenge School Textbooks The new bill was pushed by a conservative group critical of the way evolution, climate change and government were being taught in Florida schools. Đọc tiếp trên NPR At July 31, 2017 at 03:58PM Categoty Educati...
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NPR News: New Florida Law Lets Residents Challenge School Textbooks

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New Florida Law Lets Residents Challenge School Textbooks The new bill was pushed by a conservative group critical of the way evolution, climate change and government were being taught in Florida schools. Đọc tiếp trên NPR July 31, 2017 at 03:58PM Environme...
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NPR News: New Florida Law Lets Residents Challenge School Textbooks

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New Florida Law Lets Residents Challenge School Textbooks The new bill was pushed by a conservative group critical of the way evolution, climate change and government were being taught in Florida schools. Đọc thêm tại NPR at July 31, 2017 at 03:58PM Health & Scien...
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NPR News: Sperm Counts Plummet In Western Men, Study Finds

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Sperm Counts Plummet In Western Men, Study Finds Data from nearly 43,000 men around the world found a 52 percent decline in sperm counts in Western countries. It could reflect a decline in health overall, scientists say. Đọc thêm tại NPR at July 31, 2017 at 03:55PM Health & Scien...
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NPR News: Sperm Counts Plummet In Western Men, Study Finds

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Sperm Counts Plummet In Western Men, Study Finds Data from nearly 43,000 men around the world found a 52 percent decline in sperm counts in Western countries. It could reflect a decline in health overall, scientists say. Read more on NPR July 31, 2017 at 03:55PM Health Ca...
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NPR News: 'Social Camouflage' May Lead To Underdiagnosis Of Autism In Girls

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'Social Camouflage' May Lead To Underdiagnosis Of Autism In Girls Girls are much less likely to be diagnosed with autism, but that may be because the signs of the disorder are different than in boys. And girls may be missing out on help as a result. Read more on NPR July 31, 2017 at 03:54PM Health Ca...
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NPR News: Sperm Counts Plummet In Western Men, Study Finds

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Sperm Counts Plummet In Western Men, Study Finds Data from nearly 43,000 men around the world found a 52 percent decline in sperm counts in Western countries. It could reflect a decline in health overall, scientists say. Read more on NPR July 31, 2017 at 03:55PM Health Ca...
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NPR News: 'Social Camouflage' May Lead To Underdiagnosis Of Autism In Girls

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'Social Camouflage' May Lead To Underdiagnosis Of Autism In Girls Girls are much less likely to be diagnosed with autism, but that may be because the signs of the disorder are different than in boys. And girls may be missing out on help as a result. Read more on NPR July 31, 2017 at 03:54PM Health Ca...
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NPR News: 'Social Camouflage' May Lead To Underdiagnosis Of Autism In Girls

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'Social Camouflage' May Lead To Underdiagnosis Of Autism In Girls Girls are much less likely to be diagnosed with autism, but that may be because the signs of the disorder are different than in boys. And girls may be missing out on help as a result. Read more on NPR Children's Health July 31, 2017 at 03:54...
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Wikipedia article of the day for July 31, 2017

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The Wikipedia article of the day for July 31, 2017 is Gubby Allen. Gubby Allen (1902–1989) was a cricketer who captained England in eleven Test matches. Born in Sydney, Australia, on 31 July 1902, his family moved to London when he was six. In first-class matches, he played for Middlesex and Cambridge University. A fast bowler and hard-hitting lower-order batsman for England, Allen was appointed captain...
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NPR News: Nationwide, Teachers Supplement School Supplies With Their Salaries

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Nationwide, Teachers Supplement School Supplies With Their Salaries NPR's Noel King interviews Teresa Danks, a third-grade teacher who begged for school supply money on the side of the road to bring attention to the lack of resources facing educators. Đọc tiếp trên NPR At July 31, 2017 at 05:34AM Categoty Educati...
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Chủ Nhật, 30 tháng 7, 2017

NPR News: Why Greece Has Been Slow To Embrace Clean Energy

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Why Greece Has Been Slow To Embrace Clean Energy With its famed sunshine and sea winds, Greece should be a clean energy hub. But it's been slow to abandon coal and embrace renewable energy. That's changing on one small island. Đọc tiếp trên NPR July 30, 2017 at 07:00PM Environme...
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NPR News: For Malala, Now 20, Birthdays Are Best Spent With Girls Who Dream Big

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For Malala, Now 20, Birthdays Are Best Spent With Girls Who Dream Big The world's youngest Nobel laureate spent her 20th birthday this month with displaced Yazidi girls in northern Iraq. She spends each birthday with girls who are struggling to get an education. Đọc tiếp trên NPR At July 30, 2017 at 06:50PM Categoty Educati...
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NPR News: Farm-To-Table May Feel Virtuous, But It's Food Labor That's Ripe For Change

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Farm-To-Table May Feel Virtuous, But It's Food Labor That's Ripe For Change Even the most wholesome ingredients are produced through cheap labor, often by people who are themselves poor and hungry. It's time the food world talks about that, says an award-winning chef. Dọc thêm tại NPR Opinion July 30, 2017 at 06:18...
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NPR News: Scientists Still Seek A Reliable DUI Test For Marijuana

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Scientists Still Seek A Reliable DUI Test For Marijuana Coloradans can get arrested for driving while stoned. But with no good roadside tools, officers' determinations are more subjective than for alcohol DUIs. Scientists hope to find chemical markers. Đọc thêm tại NPR at July 30, 2017 at 06:14PM Health & Scien...
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Wikipedia article of the day for July 30, 2017

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The Wikipedia article of the day for July 30, 2017 is Giganotosaurus. Giganotosaurus ("giant southern lizard") is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived in what is now Argentina, around 99.6 to 97 million years ago. It was one of the largest known terrestrial carnivores, but the exact size has been hard to determine from the incomplete remains found so far. The holotype specimen, discovered in Patagonia...
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NPR News: Barbershop: Changes At The White House And What The GOP Does Next

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Barbershop: Changes At The White House And What The GOP Does Next Columnist and former speechwriter Mary Kate Cary, political strategist Ron Christie and public affairs strategist Brian Wise discuss the week's White House shake-up, as well as the health care debate. Read more on NPR July 30, 2017 at 05:08AM Health Ca...
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NPR News: The Path Forward In Health Care Remains Uncertain For Both Parties

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The Path Forward In Health Care Remains Uncertain For Both Parties The failure of the GOP's health care bill in the senate means the Affordable Care Act is still law. NPR's Noel King speaks with Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News about where things might go now. Read more on NPR July 30, 2017 at 05:08AM Health Ca...
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NPR News: Barbershop: Changes At The White House And What The GOP Does Next

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Barbershop: Changes At The White House And What The GOP Does Next Columnist and former speechwriter Mary Kate Cary, political strategist Ron Christie and public affairs strategist Brian Wise discuss the week's White House shake-up, as well as the health care debate. Read more on NPR July 30, 2017 at 05:08AM Health Ca...
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NPR News: The Path Forward In Health Care Remains Uncertain For Both Parties

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The Path Forward In Health Care Remains Uncertain For Both Parties The failure of the GOP's health care bill in the senate means the Affordable Care Act is still law. NPR's Noel King speaks with Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News about where things might go now. Read more on NPR July 30, 2017 at 05:08AM Health Ca...
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Thứ Bảy, 29 tháng 7, 2017

NPR News: Watch Drive-By Truckers, The Record Company, Hurray For The Riff Raff Perform Live

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Watch Drive-By Truckers, The Record Company, Hurray For The Riff Raff Perform Live Patterson Hood and the Truckers are the cherry on top of the 2017 XPoNential Music Festival. Read more on NPR World Cafe At July 29, 2017 at 08:07...
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NPR News: I've Been Everywhere: A Political Reporter's Landmark Moment

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I've Been Everywhere: A Political Reporter's Landmark Moment Election campaigns are a great way for reporters to see the U.S. NPR's Don Gonyea checked off visiting state number 50 on a visit to Wyoming, and says it was a great way to mark the milestone. Dọc thêm tại NPR Opinion July 29, 2017 at 07:14...
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NPR News: When Your Hand Has A Mind Of Its Own

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When Your Hand Has A Mind Of Its Own What happens when you think and how you act don't align? We tell the story of a woman diagnosed with what's known as "alien hand syndrome." Đọc thêm tại NPR at July 29, 2017 at 07:14PM Health & Scien...
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NPR News: For Some, GOP Women Deserve Slow Clap Ending After Killing 'Skinny Repeal' Bill

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For Some, GOP Women Deserve Slow Clap Ending After Killing 'Skinny Repeal' Bill The drama on the Senate floor early Friday morning was the culmination of months of opposition — and concerns expressed — by moderate Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska. Read more on NPR July 29, 2017 at 06:00PM Health Ca...
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NPR News: For Some, GOP Women Deserve Slow Clap Ending After Killing 'Skinny Repeal' Bill

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For Some, GOP Women Deserve Slow Clap Ending After Killing 'Skinny Repeal' Bill The drama on the Senate floor early Friday morning was the culmination of months of opposition — and concerns expressed — by moderate Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska. Read more on NPR July 29, 2017 at 06:00PM Health Ca...
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Drag Queens, a Metal Head and a Lot of Cowboy Hats in Tijuana, Mexico

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By JAKE MICHAELS, JOANNA NIKAS and EVE LYONS from NYT Style http://ift.tt/2tLXgdl via IFTTT “Walking around Tijuana, I noticed three main ideas — music, tradition and family — and those themes influenced the photographs I took,” Jake Michaels said. Photography July 29, 2017 at 07:00...
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Keeping Up, on Camera, Is No Longer Just for the Kardashians

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By JENNIFER MILLER from NYT Style http://ift.tt/2haPJTs via IFTTT A growing number of entrepreneurs are turning their lives into do-it-yourself reality shows, hiring videographers to document their every move. Social Media July 29, 2017 at 07:00...
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For Jenny Allen, She and Her House ‘Were Sort of in This Together’

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By PENELOPE GREEN from NYT Style http://ift.tt/2uLJZTl via IFTTT A Martha’s Vineyard retreat helped the writer Jenny Allen heal from the breakup of her marriage to the cartoonist and playwright Jules Feiffer. Books and Literature, Writing and Writers July 29, 2017 at 07:00...
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A Doctor Gives Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop a Pelvic Exam

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By KATHERINE ROSMAN from NYT Style http://ift.tt/2w8wHQf via IFTTT Dr. Jen Gunter was already skeptical of “snake oil” products meant to improve women’s sex lives. Now she is a detractor of the movie star’s website. Women and Girls July 29, 2017 at 07:00...
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Alisyn Camerota, Formerly of Fox News, Has a Story to Tell

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By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM from NYT Style http://ift.tt/2v6s2BE via IFTTT The hair. The leg bronzer. Now at CNN, a journalist who accused Roger Ailes of harassment sets her first novel at a right-leaning cable network. News and News Media, Books and Literature July 29, 2017 at 07:00...
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Wikipedia article of the day for July 29, 2017

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The Wikipedia article of the day for July 29, 2017 is Isidor Isaac Rabi. Isidor Isaac Rabi (1898–1988) was an American physicist and Nobel laureate. Born on 29 July 1898 into a traditional Jewish family in what was then part of Austria-Hungary, Rabi came to the United States as a baby and was raised in New York's Lower East Side. In collaboration with Gregory Breit, he developed the Breit-Rabi equation,...
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tertiary: Word of the day for July 29, 2017

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tertiary , adj : Of third rank or order; subsequent. (chemistry) Possessing some quality in the third degree; especially having been subjected to the substitution of three atoms or radicals. (ornithology) Of quills: growing on the innermost joint of a bird's wing; tertial. July 29, 20...
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NPR News: Sen. James Lankford On The Health Care Vote, White House Upheaval

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Sen. James Lankford On The Health Care Vote, White House Upheaval Republican Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma discusses why he's disappointed that the health care vote failed and on the announcement that Reince Priebus is out as White House chief of staff. Read more on NPR July 29, 2017 at 04:17AM Health Ca...
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NPR News: Sen. James Lankford On The Health Care Vote, White House Upheaval

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Sen. James Lankford On The Health Care Vote, White House Upheaval Republican Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma discusses why he's disappointed that the health care vote failed and on the announcement that Reince Priebus is out as White House chief of staff. Read more on NPR July 29, 2017 at 04:17AM Health Ca...
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NPR News: What Happens Next With Obamacare Repeal

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What Happens Next With Obamacare Repeal The Senate effort to undo the Affordable Care Act failed dramatically early Friday morning, with Sen. John McCain casting a deciding "no" vote. The promise of repeal has animated the Republican party for seven years and the defeat last night was a devastating loss for the party and the President. Read more on NPR July 29, 2017 at 03:54AM Health Ca...
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NPR News: What Happens Next With Obamacare Repeal

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What Happens Next With Obamacare Repeal The Senate effort to undo the Affordable Care Act failed dramatically early Friday morning, with Sen. John McCain casting a deciding "no" vote. The promise of repeal has animated the Republican party for seven years and the defeat last night was a devastating loss for the party and the President. Read more on NPR July 29, 2017 at 03:54AM Health Ca...
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NPR News: From Rats To Humans, A Brain Knows When It Can't Remember

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From Rats To Humans, A Brain Knows When It Can't Remember When we see a familiar face, we know instantly if we can remember that person's name. That's because the human brain has an ability called metamemory. Looks like rats may have that higher power, too. Đọc thêm tại NPR at July 29, 2017 at 03:40AM Health & Scien...
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One Last Party for the Agent and Bon Vivant Ed Victor

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By JACOB BERNSTEIN from NYT Style http://ift.tt/2vR2s0Z via IFTTT Guests pay tribute to a stylish dealmaker who was always there for a group of clients that included Erica Jong, Iris Murdoch and Keith Richards. Books and Literature, Funerals and Memorials, Parties (Social) July 28, 2017 at 07:00...
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