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Beluga Whale Saves Free Diver in China

Posted on January 24, 2010 by

In July 2009, a Beluga whale named Mila saved 26-year-old Yang Yun when her legs froze up during a free dive competition in Mila’s arctic aquarium home. When Yang tried to surface, she realized that she couldn’t move her legs and she began sinking. She thought “that was it for me – I was dead, […]

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SOCIAL MEDIA PREDICTIONS FOR 2010

Posted on December 14, 2009 by

Social media has become the subject of a lot of writing and discussion and its hard for someone not in the field to get a sense of the realistic trends for the coming year in this arena. Here is what I have come up with for social media predictions (probable trends) for 2010; 1) New […]

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KOKO THE GORILLA AND HER KITTEN ALL BALL

Posted on December 9, 2009 by

Much has been written and said about Koko the gorilla and her enormous and gentle affection for her kitten All Ball. Posted on this site is a video showing their mutual love but also the grief felt by Koko when the kitten was killed by a car. These images convey more than could be said […]

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SOCIAL MEDIA TRENDS eREADER EXPLOSION

Posted on December 8, 2009 by

According to Forrester Research, one of the major successes in social media in the near future will be the breakout of sReaders for books, magazines, newspapers and other publications. There are a number of reasons why eReader sales ar gorwing faster than expected including lower prices, more content availability and lots of media buzz. In […]

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SLEEP REPLACEMENT NASAL SPRAY BEING DEVELOPED

Posted on November 30, 2009 by

Scientists have discovered a naturally occuring brain hormone called orexin, which when administered nasally, has reversed the effects of sleep deprivation in monkeys, allowing them to perform like well rested monkeys in cognitive tests. The drug’s first application may be for the severe sleep disorder narcolepsy, but the drug performs the job of increasing alertness, […]

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MIND READING BRAIN SCANS LEAD TO COMMERCIAL USES

Posted on November 12, 2009 by

Technical advances in brain scanning now allow individuals to post electronic messages just by thinking them. Last month, Adam Wilson posted a message “Go Badgers” on Twitter and became the first person to post an electronic message just by thinking it, when aided by a scanning device developed at the University of Wisconsin. With a […]

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COMIC BOOKS TEACH KIDS READING AS WELL AS REGULAR BOOKS

Posted on November 7, 2009 by

A study of early childhood learning revealed that kids learn as much from comics as regular books and that teachers are now starting to use them as tools in the classroom. University of Illinois Professor Carol Tilly says that comic books and graphic novels had previously received a bad wrap but that the industry is […]

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