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Disasters Prompt Older Children to Be More Giving, Younger Ones to Be More Selfish
January 30, 2013 — A natural disaster can bring out the best in older children, prompting 9-year-olds to be more willing to share, while 6-year-olds become more selfish. Researchers made this finding in a rare natural ... > full story -
Lessons of the 1953 East Coast of England Flood Disaster
January 29, 2013 — Sixty years ago, on 31 January and 1 February 1953, over 300 people died in flooding on the East Coast of England. Recent research has found that the Cabinet partly funded the response to avoid blame ... > full story -
Streaming Video Over Temporary Networks
January 29, 2013 — There are extra challenges when accidents occur in hard-to-reach locations such as in a tunnel or impassable mountain terrain where no stable computer networks are found. For the past ten years, ... > full story -
Climate Change Impacts to U.S. Coasts Threaten Public Health, Safety and Economy, Report Finds
January 28, 2013 — According to a new technical report, the effects of climate change will continue to threaten the health and vitality of US coastal communities' social, economic and natural ... > full story -
More Severe Flu Seasons Predicted Due to Climate Change
January 28, 2013 — The American public can expect to add earlier and more severe flu seasons to the fallout from climate change, according to a new ... > full story -
Pandemic Controversies: The Global Response to Pandemic Influenza Must Change
January 28, 2013 — "Evil" scientists, deadly viruses and terrorist plots are usually the preserve of Hollywood blockbusters. But when it comes to pandemic influenza, it is the stuff of real life. As controversy about ... > full story -
At Least One in Five Were Infected in Flu Pandemic, International Study Suggests
January 25, 2013 — At least one in five people in countries for which data are available were infected with influenza during the first year of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, according to a new ... > full story -
Using Twitter to Track the Flu: Researchers Find a Better Way to Screen the Tweets
January 24, 2013 — Computer scientists have developed a new tweet-screening method that not only delivers real-time data on flu cases, but also filters out online chatter that is not linked to actual flu ... > full story -
Free Clinics Reduce Emergency Department Visits
January 23, 2013 — People who receive primary care from free clinics are less likely to use the emergency department for minor issues, according to a team of medical ... > full story -
Prediction of Asian Summer Monsoon Rainfall and Tropical Storm Activity Close at Hand
January 23, 2013 — The amount of rainfall and number of tropical storms during a summer monsoon season greatly impact the agriculture, economy, and people in Asia. A promising breakthrough for predicting in spring the ... > full story
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