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Adults 'abdicating responsibility' for children
Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:50 AM EST (Telegraph)
Prof Hayes is the co-author of the book The Dangerous Rise of Therapeutic Education, which suggested that pushing pupils to talk about their feelings created a culture of dependence among children
Children get lift to school on 96 second flight
Seeded on Fri Nov 6, 2009 7:07 AM EST (Telegraph)
The plane journey from Papa Westray to Westray in the Orkney Islands takes just 96 seconds, covering a distance of little over a mile.
Waiter donates £10,000 Crimestoppers reward to rape victim
Seeded on Sun Oct 11, 2009 3:30 PM EDT (Telegraph)
"I didn't feel like I'd earned it. The fact that such a horrific thing happened to that lady, I thought it would benefit her life more than it would mine.
Crystal ball torches woman's flat
Seeded on Wed Aug 12, 2009 7:39 AM EDT (The Register (UK))
Didn't see that coming
High Court shields database state from blame
Seeded on Wed Aug 5, 2009 8:18 AM EDT (The Register (UK))
An entrepreneur whose fledgling business was ruined by a false entry in a court database has had his claim for compensation rejected by a High Court judge. The decision could set a broad and troubling precedent, because Mr Justice Bill Blair QC - brother of the former PM Tony Bl …
Is the future of healthcare online?
Seeded on Fri Jul 24, 2009 12:57 PM EDT (newscientist.com)
For practical reasons, health workers are often unable to talk to home-based patients with chronic conditions on a daily basis – but they could keep an eye on an online medical record that is automatically updated whenever the patient measures their own blood pressure, checks t …
Would you leave your child alone with a cabinet minister?
Seeded on Fri Jul 17, 2009 8:22 AM EDT (The Register (UK))
When it comes to vetting adults who may come into contact with children, there is yet again one rule for politicians, another for the rest of us
Primary school children read to dogs to improve skills
Seeded on Wed Jul 8, 2009 9:51 AM EDT (Telegraph)
Recent research has shown that children who read to pet dogs learn more quickly than those who read aloud to adults.
Our ears may have built-in passwords
Seeded on Mon Apr 13, 2009 8:29 AM EDT (newscientist.com)
YOU are the victim of identity theft and the fraudster calls your bank to transfer money into their own account.
Hope the white German Shepherd takes a spin round the lawn
Seeded on Fri Apr 3, 2009 1:16 PM EDT (Telegraph)
He may leave hairs on the carpet, but at least he can mow the lawn.
Space storm alert: 90 seconds from catastrophe
Seeded on Mon Mar 23, 2009 8:03 AM EDT (New Scientist)
IT IS midnight on 22 September 2012 and the skies above Manhattan are filled with a flickering curtain of colourful light. Few New Yorkers have seen the aurora this far south but their fascination is short-lived.
Student facing trial over writing on pavement in chalk
Seeded on Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:23 AM EDT (Telegraph)
Paul Saville, 23, a second-year sociology and criminology student at the University of the West of England, Bristol, was arrested, locked in a cell for two hours and forced to give DNA samples.
Obesity witchhunt is a 'moral panic'
Seeded on Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:50 PM EDT (The Register (UK))
"This epidemic has been constructed to the benefit of the medical industry that has in part medicalized the treatment of obesity over the years," adds the prof. "While there may be a rise in 'obesity,' the BMI is not always accurate.
Mans turns finger into storage
Seeded on Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:29 PM EDT (reghardware.co.uk)
The line between man and machine is now slightly more blurry, thanks to one Finnish bloke's decision to replace a missing digit with a USB Flash drive.
iPod Touch torches tyke's trousers
Seeded on Mon Mar 16, 2009 3:55 PM EDT (The Register (UK))
A US district court judge is being asked to award a 15-year-old boy $225,000 (£160,000) because his iPod exploded in his pants. Being an Apple lawyer is no fun.
Houses empty for six months could be seized by the state
Seeded on Wed Mar 11, 2009 5:24 AM EDT (Telegraph)
The Governments wants town halls to pressure homeowners to sell up or rent out properties where no one is living.
Wheelchair-bound man sues MI5 after application for spy job rejected
Seeded on Mon Mar 9, 2009 7:19 AM EDT (Telegraph)
Sajad Suleman, 35, admitted he could not move his arms or legs when he applied to be a Mobile Surveillance Officer but still claimed he should have been the "preferred candidate" out of the 1,092 who applied.
Woman 'bit off boyfriend's tongue'
Seeded on Thu Mar 5, 2009 8:56 AM EST (Telegraph)
Mark Coghill said his seemingly loving girlfriend, Tracy Davies, suddenly "turned into the likes of Mike Tyson", chewed off half his tongue and spat it out on the floor in front of him.
Bird flu mix-up could have spelled disaster
Seeded on Thu Mar 5, 2009 8:39 AM EST (New Scientist)
IT'S emerged that virulent H5N1 bird flu was sent out by accident from an Austrian lab last year and given to ferrets in the Czech Republic before anyone realised.
Victorian rule of thumb beats genetic prediction
Seeded on Tue Mar 3, 2009 8:37 AM EST (New Scientist)
A rule of thumb from the 1800s to predict the height of children based on their parents' stature is still far more accurate than the best genomic predictions.
New software would play any videogame ever created
Seeded on Thu Feb 12, 2009 3:54 PM EST (newscientist.com)
Software that can be used to play almost any computer game in history is to be developed as part of a European attempt to preserve digital cultural heritage.
HD TV beats depression, claims HD TV company
Seeded on Mon Feb 9, 2009 12:22 PM EST (reghardware.co.uk)
According to the broadcaster, it's apparently proven that "watching television programmes in high definition can combat the effects of the downturn depression".
Asteroid bound for Earth! Warn your grandchildren
Seeded on Mon Feb 9, 2009 7:28 AM EST (New Scientist)
Although 1999 RQ36's potential collision is late in the next century, the window of opportunity to deflect it comes much sooner, prior to a series of close approaches to Earth that the asteroid will make between 2060 and 2080
Sick traveller detectors
Seeded on Thu Jan 29, 2009 7:17 AM EST (New Scientist)
Biorics, a spinout company from the University of Leuven in Belgium, has come up with a way to spot passengers who may be infected with a pandemic virus – purely from the sound of their coughing.
Travellers 'ripped off' by cost of Wi-Fi access, says study
Seeded on Thu Jan 29, 2009 7:11 AM EST (Telegraph)
Holidaymakers and business travellers are paying too much for internet access when abroad, and are left baffled by misleading and confusing pricing policies, a study suggests
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