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Author Archives: kenyamonaew

Can Google Glass help autistic children read faces?
Health / Technology

Can Google Glass help autistic children read faces?

Posted on 06/22/16 by kenyamonaew

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Like many autistic children, Julian Brown has trouble reading emotions in people’s faces, one of the biggest challenges for people with the neurological disorder. Now the 10-year-old San Jose boy is getting help from “autism glass” — an experimental device that records and analyzes faces in real time and alerts … Continue reading →

Sweet! Electrical trick may lead to less fat in chocolate
Health / Science

Sweet! Electrical trick may lead to less fat in chocolate

Posted on 06/22/16 by kenyamonaew

NEW YORK (AP) — Get a charge out of chocolate? New research suggests candy companies may be able to make lower fat versions of the tasty treat with a little electrical trick. By running liquid chocolate through an electric field, researchers were able to make it flow more easily. And that means it doesn’t need … Continue reading →

Nielsen hopes to bring science to TV casting
Science / Technology / TV

Nielsen hopes to bring science to TV casting

Posted on 06/22/16 by kenyamonaew

NEW YORK (AP) — Ashton Kutcher as a television morning show host? Aaron Paul as an advertising spokesman for hybrid automobiles? Those are two of the ideas suggested by a new analytics tool unveiled by the Nielsen company Wednesday, one that it believes can provide scientific rigor to decisions on how to deploy talent. Nielsen … Continue reading →

NASA spacecraft barreling toward Jupiter for July 4 meetup
Science

NASA spacecraft barreling toward Jupiter for July 4 meetup

Posted on 06/22/16 by kenyamonaew

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A NASA spacecraft is bound for a Fourth of July encounter with Jupiter in the latest quest to study how the largest planet in the solar system formed and evolved. As Juno approaches Jupiter’s harsh radiation environment, it will fire its main engine to slow down and then slip into orbit … Continue reading →

How mushrooms fueled a scientist’s flight out of North Korea
Science

How mushrooms fueled a scientist’s flight out of North Korea

Posted on 06/22/16 by kenyamonaew

HWASEONG, South Korea (AP) — Lee T.B. fled North Korea not because he suffered from dire poverty or persecution at home, as many other defectors have. He did it for mushrooms, and to fulfill his wife’s dying wish. He has studied the fungi for decades and has created products with them that he believes may … Continue reading →

Temporary blindness tied to smartphone use in dark
Technology

Temporary blindness tied to smartphone use in dark

Posted on 06/22/16 by kenyamonaew

LONDON (AP) — Warning: Looking at your smartphone while lying in bed at night could wreak havoc on your vision. Two women went temporarily blind from constantly checking their phones in the dark, say doctors who are now alerting others to the unusual phenomenon. The solution: Make sure to use both eyes when looking at … Continue reading →

The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store
Technology

The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store

Posted on 06/19/16 by kenyamonaew

App Store Official Charts for the week ending June 12, 2016: Top Paid iPhone Apps: 1. Minecraft: Pocket Edition, Mojang 2. Heads Up!, Warner Bros. 3. 7 Minute Workout Challenge, Fitness Guide Inc 4. Bloons TD 5, Ninja Kiwi 5. Akinator the Genie, Eloquence 6. Geometry Dash, RobTop Games AB 7. Plague Inc., Ndemic Creations … Continue reading →

Volkswagen to launch more electric cars after diesel scandal
Technology

Volkswagen to launch more electric cars after diesel scandal

Posted on 06/19/16 by kenyamonaew

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — German automaker Volkswagen plans to ramp up its offerings of electric vehicles as it fights to bounce back from a scandal over diesel cars rigged to cheat on emissions tests. The electric campaign is part of a wide-ranging review of the company’s strategy that also includes increasing profitability, investing in new … Continue reading →

EgyptAir black boxes badly damaged, likely to prolong probe
Technology

EgyptAir black boxes badly damaged, likely to prolong probe

Posted on 06/19/16 by kenyamonaew

CAIRO (AP) — The voice and data recorders from the EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean nearly a month ago are “extensively damaged” and will need repairs before they can be analyzed, an Egyptian official said Friday, dampening hopes for quick answers as to what caused the disaster. The official didn’t elaborate on how … Continue reading →

AP Interview: Jia Zhangke plans virtual reality romanc
Movies / Technology

AP Interview: Jia Zhangke plans virtual reality romanc

Posted on 06/19/16 by kenyamonaew

BEIJING (AP) — Critically acclaimed Chinese director Jia Zhangke says he will make a virtual reality film next year with a romantic story as he and viewers get used to the new medium, and declared: “I think VR is going to be the next big thing.” The director, better known for films that depict China’s … Continue reading →

Decade of labor reveals philosopher’s guide to the galaxy
Science / Technology

Decade of labor reveals philosopher’s guide to the galaxy

Posted on 06/19/16 by kenyamonaew

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — When you’re trying to fathom a mangled relic of very old hi-tech, it helps to have the manufacturer’s instructions. For over a century since its discovery in an ancient shipwreck, the exact function of the Antikythera Mechanism — named after the southern Greek island off which it was found — was … Continue reading →

Up to 1 in 5 trauma deaths could be prevented, study says
Health / Science

Up to 1 in 5 trauma deaths could be prevented, study says

Posted on 06/19/16 by kenyamonaew

WASHINGTON (AP) — Up to 1 in 5 people may be dying unnecessarily from car crashes, gunshots or other injuries, a stark conclusion from government advisers who say where you live shouldn’t determine if you survive. The findings take on new urgency amid the increasing threat of mass casualties like the massacre in Orlando. The … Continue reading →

Science / Technology

3 International Space Station astronauts land in Kazakhstan

Posted on 06/19/16 by kenyamonaew

MOSCOW (AP) — An International Space Station crew including an American, a Briton and a Russian landed safely Saturday in the sun-drenched steppes of Kazakhstan. The Soyuz TMA-19M capsule carrying NASA’s Tim Kopra, Tim Peake of the European Space Agency and the Russian agency Roscosmos’ Yuri Malenchenko touched down as scheduled at 3:15 p.m. local … Continue reading →

Malaria-proof mosquito? Tool promising but needs more study
Science / Technology

Malaria-proof mosquito? Tool promising but needs more study

Posted on 06/13/16 by kenyamonaew

WASHINGTON (AP) — A powerful new technology holds the promise of rapidly altering genes to make malaria-proof mosquitoes, eliminate their Zika-carrying cousins or wipe out an invasive species, but a report Wednesday says these “gene drives” aren’t ready to let loose in the wild just yet. Advisers to the government say lots more research is … Continue reading →

After ‘big bite’ from shark, water went red, victim recalls
Health / Science

After ‘big bite’ from shark, water went red, victim recalls

Posted on 06/13/16 by kenyamonaew

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Maria Korcsmaros was swimming just off the Southern California coast to get ready for her summer triathlon when something big gripped her side and then let go. She knew immediately she had been bit. The normally choppy water around her grew still and turned red with blood, Korcsmaros, a 52-year-old … Continue reading →

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