Posts Tagged ‘Jamaica’

Anancy News: New Device Reduces . . .

Posted by admin on July 31st, 2011

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 [...]

Anancy News: Can You Lower Your Risk . . .

Posted by admin on July 26th, 2011

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 [...]

Anancy News: ‘Persuasion’ Is Free eBook . . .

Posted by admin on July 22nd, 2011

‘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 [...]

Anancy News: Google Maps now Shows 3D Buildings

Posted by admin on July 20th, 2011

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 [...]

Anancy News: Women:Want to Get Ahead. . .

Posted by admin on June 22nd, 2011

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