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10 tips for becoming a happier parent PDF Print E-Mail
Written by SF Gate   
Thursday, 15 July 2010

Article Source: SF Gate

Word on the street is that today's parents are unhappy. At least that's what journalist Jennifer Senior boldly reveals in her recent "New York Magazine" cover story titled "I love my children. I hate my life."

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Scientists launch VORTEX2: largest ever tornado study PDF Print E-Mail
Written by CS Monitor   
Thursday, 06 May 2010

Article Source: CS Monitor

In launching Vortex2, researchers hope to better understand the mechanisms of a tornado.

If the conditions are just right, any thunderstorm can spawn a tornado in a relative blink of an eye. A new project that kicks off this weekend aims to capture the mechanics of a storm giving birth to these destructive, swirling storms. It's the largest-ever study of tornadoes. More than 100 researchers involved with the VORTEX2 (Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment 2) project will deploy a flotilla of instruments across the Great Plains over the course of the study, which runs from May 1 to June 15.

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Dreams about taking exam, being naked -- what they mean PDF Print E-Mail
Written by Elizabeth Landau - CNN   
Wednesday, 05 May 2010

Article Source: CNN

Dreams are "an extremely rich source of practical advice, and other alternatives about what we're doing in our lives," said Deirdre Barrett, Harvard psychologist and author of "The Committee of Sleep" and "Trauma and Dreams." "They're just coming from such a different part of ourselves that they're a very good supplement to our waking, rational thinking."

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Service dogs, people with special needs get spotlight in PBS doc PDF Print E-Mail
Written by Janice Lloyd - USA Today   
Monday, 19 April 2010

Article Source: USA Today

Amber jumps up onto the bed and sleeps beside Aiden Young, a joyful end to the day shared by millions of other kids and dogs. But this golden retriever also does complicated tasks most children can do for themselves. She picks up crayons and pencils when 6-year-old Aiden drops them, and opens doors for him.

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Love, sex and the male brain PDF Print E-Mail
Written by Louann Brizendine - CNN   
Thursday, 25 March 2010

Article Source: CNN

Editor's note: Dr. Louann Brizendine is a member of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the National Board of Medical Examiners, and a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco. She is founder and director of the Women's Mood and Hormone Clinic. She wrote "The Female Brain" and, just released, "The Male Brain." Brizendine will appear on HLN's "The Joy Behar Show" tonight at 9.

(CNN) -- Although women the world over have been doing it for centuries, we can't really blame a guy for being a guy. And this is especially true now that we know that the male and female brains have some profound differences. Our brains are mostly alike. We are the same species, after all. But the differences can sometimes make it seem like we are worlds apart.

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