United States re-enters the nuclear age MarketWatch By MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) ? Southern Co. won approval Thursday to break ground on two new nuclear reactors in Georgia. The permits, issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, mark the first time in three decades the United States ...
US jobs gap between young and old is widest ever CBS News They have suffered bigger income losses than other age groups and are less likely to be employed than at any time since World War II. An analysis by the Pew Research Center, released Thursday, details the impact of the recent recession on the attitudes ... Economy toughest on young adults, study findsLos Angeles Times
Build Brain Power at Any Age with ThinkFun's 2012 Line Up MarketWatch (press release) Now there's a ThinkFun product for every age. This year, ThinkFun is introducing Roll & Play(TM), the world's first game developed specifically for toddlers. Roll & Play joins an exciting line up that features these new Logic Games and Brainteasers: ...
Paying Your Own Bills at Age 22 New York Times (blog) As you can see, in 1993, 80 percent of parents with children age 16 or younger said they expected their children to be financially independent by age 22. As of 2011, only 67 percent of parents agreed. (The choices offered in the poll were ages 18, 22, ...
Large Meteorite Likely Found in Druid Burial Site Discovery News Britain's largest space rock -- excavated 200 years ago by an archaeological dig -- was preserved by the Ice Age. In a new exhibition, the 205 pound meteorite is on display, along with its mysterious story. The space rock was likely found by druids to ...
Androids Don't Age Well Compared To iPhones PCWorld By Daniel Ionescu, PCWorld Feb 9, 2012 6:46 AM Apple's iPhone is a better investment than any other smartphone because it has a higher resale value than an Android device, and it's also less expensive to own. That's according to a study from ...
The Golden Age Of Music: The Civil Wars Forbes The Civil Wars talk about music and piracy in the age of the internet and social media. The Civil Wars have lots of videos up on YouTube, many of them nicely shot amateur stuff in color and black-and-white. John Paul White and Joy Williams have a ...
Digital audiences on the rise The Age The report shows that the audience for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Sun Herald and The Sunday Age had increased by 26 per cent over the past five years, giving Fairfax Metro Media an audience of 7 million. The source for its figures is ... Loyal readers keep clicking on Fairfax sitesBrisbane Times
Downhill's golden age is gone, says Miller AFP "There's steep pitches, the jumps are big -- but as turny as it is now -- it's just a super-G." Now, says the 34-year-old, skiing's golden age has come and gone. "The older ski racers have been talking over the last four to five years and it seems to ...
Fruit Fly Turn-on: A Sexy, Youthful Smell May Make Up For Advancing Age MarketWatch (press release) 9, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Male flies find romance with female flies coated with pheromone, regardless of age; UM, international research sheds light on aging process Beauty is more than skin deep, at least for fruit flies studied in new ...
MLB Notebook: Upton starts off hot in desert MLB.com By Roger Schlueter / MLB.com | 02/09/12 12:02 PM EST All of these players were in their age-23 season when they accomplished these feats -- efforts so extraordinary on their own they generally transcend age considerations and simply look brilliant in ...