lose the most post offices. Cities With The Most Post Offices On The Chopping Block Posted: July 28, 2011 at 4:59 am The U.S. Postal Service is considering the closure of 3,653 retail offices — that’s one out of every ten in the country. Much of the conversation has focused on the effects this action will [...]

Research News New Device Reduces Seizures, No Surgery Required The experimental device uses small patches placed on the surface of the skin, above the eyebrows, to electrically stimulate a nerve that leads into the brain. The approach appears to control epileptic seizures without the fatigue or problems with mood and thinking associated with some anti-seizure [...]

Carmakers Back Strict New Rules for Gas Mileage By BILL VLASIC While the car industry once argued against even minimal increases in government fuel rules, a rise to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025 is being meekly accepted.  

Bolt’s stunningly average running skill The world’s fastest man doesn’t move his legs quicker than anyone else during a race. How he dominates anyway Usain Bolt: Case Study In Science Of Sprinting One year from now, the 2012 Olympic Games will begin in London, where all eyes will be on the incomparable Usain Bolt — [...]

Can You Lower Your Risk for Alzheimer’s? By TARA PARKER-POPE A study presented recently at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Paris suggested that simple lifestyle changes might lower a person’s risk for developing dementia. The new study, by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, estimated how many Alzheimer’s cases might be attributable [...]

during the first half Ten States That Added The Most Jobs In The First Half Posted: July 22, 2011 at 3:00 pm Ten states added over 25,000 jobs each in the period from January to June 2011. The list was topped by Texas, which added over 117,000. Among the ten, the total net job addition was [...]

‘Persuasion’ Is Free eBook Today Last week a Jane Austen manuscript for an unfinished novel sold at auction for$1.6 million. For those readers with less expendable incomes, Austen’s last novel Persuasion is today’s Free eBook of the Day. (Project Gutenberg just added the French translation of the eBook to its collection this week.) Here is [...]

Google Maps now Shows 3D Buildings Have you tried the Google Maps Android app lately?If you haven’t, go check out the new 3D buildings in London, Paris, and Barcelona. When Google updated Google Maps back in December, the new version brought a quiet little feature along with the usual tweaks and bug fixes. gMaps 5.0 [...]

Women: Want to Get Ahead? Act Like a Man — Sometimes New research suggests that gender inequality in the business world isn’t nearly as black and white as you might think. Read More