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Children Flourish in LGBTQ Families
Science & Tech  (tags: abuse, activists, americans, gayrights, freedoms, education, dishonesty, culture, children, ethics, family, health, humans, politics, religion, rights, sadness, safety, society, research, science, scientists, study, safety, society )

JL
- 57 days ago - mlp.org
According to the American Psychological Association (APA), "Research has shown that the adjustment, development, and psychological well-being of children is unrelated to parental sexual orientation, & that the children of lesbian and gay parents are as
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The Science Gender Gap in 4 Horrifying Charts
Science & Tech  (tags: women, society, rights, sadness, freedoms, education, culture, americans, children, ethics, science, scientists, study, research )

JL
- 68 days ago - motherjones.com
call your attention to Nature's eye-popping new report on the persistent gender gap in the sciences. The short of it: Women scientists have made some gains, but they're still getting the short end of the stick.
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Playful City USA 3.0: Plugged in for Outdoor Play?
Science & Tech  (tags: activists, americans, children, culture, ethics, family, society, safety, rights, usa, technology, tech, safety, internet, Gizmos, health )

JL
- 69 days ago - kaboom.org
As several Playful City USA communities have found, play time doesn't have to compete with screen time.These communities are using mobile apps, QR codes, and social media to drive citizen engagement around their parks, playgrounds, and other outdoor publ
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Florida Lawmakers Move to Make Texting-While-Driving Illegal GOOD NEWS! !!
Science & Tech  (tags: abuse, americans, culture, phone, crime, ethics, humans, safety, law, internet, news, goodnews, internet, computer, safety )

Susan
- 70 days ago - news.yahoo.com
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - Florida is one of just a few states without any type of ban on text messaging while driving, but that could soon change as lawmakers move to slam the brakes on distracted drivers in the fourth-most-populous state."Texting
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Ninth Circuit Denies Rehearing in Facebook Settlement Case
Science & Tech  (tags: society, abuse, americans, culture, ethics, government, law, technology, NewTechnology, internet )

JL
- 77 days ago - pubcit.typepad.com
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today refused to reconsider its opinion last fall upholding the settlement of a class action asserting claims based on Facebook's "Beacon" program, under which Facebook posted information about purchases &
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Slideshow: Will These 6 Technologies Change the Education Landscape Forever?
Science & Tech  (tags: americans, culture, children, education, technology, study, interesting, Gizmos, design )

JL
- 88 days ago - takepart.com
These gadgets are likely to impact the way college kids learn.
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Meet the Rules of the Internet
Science & Tech  (tags: internet, law, interesting, rights, safety, society, sadness, family, children, abuse, culture, freedoms, environment, ethics, computers, interesting, habitat, investigation, news, performance, research, study )

Susan
- 90 days ago - cnn.com
Welcome to the Internet. It's a big place, so let me show you around.You're approaching Oversharing Pass, where residents routinely post too much information. The Facebook Gorge and Twitter Triangle are particularly nefarious time-sucks. Restraint is adv
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Ethiopian Kids Using Tablets to Teach Themselves
Science & Tech  (tags: americans, culture, education, children, ethics, freedoms, family, philanthropy, society, world, technology, study, research, investigation, concept )

JL
- 136 days ago - spiegel.de
A US aid organization has handed children in the remote Ethiopian village of Wenchi tablet computers in an experiment aimed at enabling them to teach themselves. They are now speaking their first words of English -- without ever having encountered a teach
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Courts Divided Over Searches of Cellphones
Science & Tech  (tags: NewTechnology, constitution, ethics, government, politics, u.s., usa, crime, culture, freedoms, rights, safety, police, law, internet, investigation, discovery, NewTechnology )

JL
- 169 days ago - nytimes.com
Judges and lawmakers across the country are wrangling over whether and when law enforcement authorities can peer into suspects' cellphones, and the cornucopia of evidence they provide.
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How Facebook and Twitter Changed Disaster Relief
Science & Tech  (tags: media, humans, GoodNews, ethics, culture, americans, activists, society, safety, usa, technology, internet, health, Gizmos )

JL
- 169 days ago - tech.fortune.cnn.com
Thanks to social networks, grassroots relief efforts scaled quickly and efficiently in Sandy's aftermath, giving them a bigger presence in many places than even the established aid agencies.
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Japan: Election Tweeting Forbidden
Science & Tech  (tags: elections, ethics, media, world, politics, activists, culture, NewTechnology, tech, technology, society, interesting, concept, computers )

JL
- 194 days ago - globalvoicesonline.org
Even though Japanese is the second most active language in the world on Twitter, for the country's political candidates, tweeting during election campaigns is forbidden. A group of young activists is seeking to change this situation.
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Grandmas May Get Credit for Humans' Long Lives
Science & Tech  (tags: Culture, grand mothers, environment, humans, investigation, research, society )

Kit
- 205 days ago - livescience.com
A new simulation suggests the rise of grandmothering explains why human life spans are so much longer than those of chimpanzees and other non-human apes.
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Why Physical Libraries Still Have a Place in This Digital World
Science & Tech  (tags: libraries, culture, technology )

Andre
- 432 days ago - roevwade.org
Not everyone has an iPad or kindle at their disposal. Physical libraries play an important role in many countries, and its not just about books.
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The Pyramids Like You'Ve Never Seen Before. ENJOY
Science & Tech  (tags: culture, education, humans, world, ancient, archaeology )

Abdessala
- 449 days ago - airpano.ru
360o in both photos. Information on each site by clicking on "?" and new shots from the helicopters. As if you were there. "Bon voyage".
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INTERESTING NEW BOOK--SCI-FI--Blue Sunrise
Science & Tech  (tags: science, space, sci-fi, culture, new book, society, culture, concept, interesting, humans, news, science )

Cal
- 802 days ago - wwwpublishingofthefuturecom.blogspot.com
Ben Allspot, one of the novel's strongest characters, will grab the readers' attention in the first paragraph as he boards a shuttle for the moon, hoping against all hope that he can run from his shattered life and his drug addiction.
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