Phys EdGretchen Reynolds on the science of fitness.As this year’s influenza season continues to take its toll, those procrastinators now hurrying to get a flu shot might wish to know that exercise may amplify the flu vaccine’s effect. And for maximal potency, the exercise should be undertaken at the right time and involve the right dosage of sweat, according to several recent reports.Flu shots are...
Well: Boosting Your Flu Shot Response
Label: LifestylePhys EdGretchen Reynolds on the science of fitness.As this year’s influenza season continues to take its toll, those procrastinators now hurrying to get a flu shot might wish to know that exercise may amplify the flu vaccine’s effect. And for maximal potency, the exercise should be undertaken at the right time and involve the right dosage of sweat, according to several recent reports.Flu shots are...
Rights Group Reports on Abuses of Surveillance and Censorship Technology
Label: TechnologyA Canadian human rights monitoring group has documented the use of American-made Internet surveillance and censorship technology by more than a dozen governments, some with harsh human rights policies like Syria, China and Saudi Arabia. Jakub Dalek of the Munk School of Global Affairs. Thor Swift for The New York TimesMorgan Marquis-Boire led the research...
Facing the French, Mali Rebels Dig In and Blend In
Label: WorldJoe Penney/ReutersAs France fortified its ground forces in Mali, French soldiers refueled armored personnel carriers, newly arrived from Ivory Coast, at a Bamako air base on Tuesday. BAMAKO, Mali — In the face of fierce, all-night bombardment by the French military, Mali’s Islamist insurgents have hunkered down to fight again. Barging into some of the mud-brick houses in the battle zone and...
Jan
15
California to Give Web Courses a Big Trial
Label: BusinessA plan to offer an array of online college classes at a California state university could, if the students are successful, open the door to teaching hundreds of thousands of California students at a lower cost via the Internet. Udacity, a Silicon Valley start-up that creates online college classes, will announce a deal on Tuesday with San Jose State University for a series of remedial...
Well: Turning to the Web for a Medical Diagnosis
Label: HealthThirty-five percent of American adults said they have used the Internet to diagnose a medical condition for themselves or someone else, according to a new Pew Research Center study. Women are more likely than men to turn to the Internet for diagnoses. Other groups more likely to do so are younger people, white adults, people with college degrees and those who live in households with income above $75,000.The...
Well: Turning to the Web for a Medical Diagnosis
Label: LifestyleThirty-five percent of American adults said they have used the Internet to diagnose a medical condition for themselves or someone else, according to a new Pew Research Center study. Women are more likely than men to turn to the Internet for diagnoses. Other groups more likely to do so are younger people, white adults, people with college degrees and those who live in households with income above $75,000.The...
California to Give Web Courses a Big Trial
Label: TechnologyA plan to offer an array of online college classes at a California state university could, if the students are successful, open the door to teaching hundreds of thousands of California students at a lower cost via the Internet. Udacity, a Silicon Valley start-up that creates online college classes, will announce a deal on Tuesday with San Jose State University for a series of remedial...
IHT Rendezvous: Talking Trust With China's Army
Label: WorldBEIJING — China will soon publish a new country map that expands its claims to disputed territories. Japan has announced its first increase in defense spending in 11 years in a move widely perceived as countering China. Recently, fighter planes and other aircraft have been used by both countries as tensions grow over a group of islands in the East China Sea that both claim, called the Diaoyu in Chinese...
Jan
14
Wheels Blog: The Seventh-Generation Corvette Is Unveiled in Detroit
Label: BusinessDETROIT — The Stingray is back, in name and in spirit.At an invitation-only gathering hours before the North American International Auto Show was scheduled to open for press previews, General Motors introduced the 2014 Corvette, the seventh generation of Chevrolet’s hallmark sports car.Underscoring the importance of this vehicle was Chevrolet’s revival of the long-dormant Stingray badge, a name it...
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