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MSNBC.com: Technology & Science

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The science of amazing moms

Science has linked strong mom-and-baby bonds to smarter, healthier and happier children. Turns out, nature — our DNA — alone might not guarantee these coveted characteristics.


When Mom packs a gadget

If your mom needs some quality alone time, hook her up with a kid-watching robot from Japanese robotics company Tmsuk. Currently deployed in a department store in Japan, this robot calls kids by name--after it scans badges they wear--and converses with them in simple robot-speak. They're not cheaper than a baby sitter but they won't ever leave you in the lurch on a Friday night. Bonus: They won't ever serve kids mac and cheese.If you've ever fielded frantic technical support calls from your mom (everything from operating the DVD player to sending e-mail), you're bound to think all mothers are technologically inept. They're not. And Beth Blecherman, mother of three boys, wants to prove it.


Oldest gorilla looks fabulous at 55

Jenny, a western lowland gorilla and the world's oldest captive gorilla, carries around her birthday cake as the Dallas Zoo celebrates her 55th birthday, Thursday, May 8, 2008, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)A gorilla recognized as the world's oldest in captivity celebrated her 55th birthday by munching down a four-layer frozen fruit cake and banana leaf wrapped treats.


Your boss declares martial law on Facebook

Where would these United States be if the first Continental Congress convened to efficiently jot down a petition to King George delineating the colony rights and grievances, but never got around to it because they got too distracted poking Betsey Ross and checking out Thomas Jefferson’s Twitter feed?


Facebook users will let employers see profiles

While many Facebook users may be secretly surfing the social networking site on the job, many Canadians say they are willing to let their employer look at their profiles, according to a poll released on Wednesday.

Share your MySpace profile with everyone

Social networking site MySpace said Thursday it will soon enable users to quickly share profile data with Web sites operated by Yahoo Inc., eBay Inc. and others.

Perils of the pocket call

Pocket calling, the accidental dialing of a cell phone, is an all-too-common 21st-century phenomenon. It's not hard to find anecdotes of pocket calls placed during the most embarrassing — and intimate — moments.

'Pirates' maker to turn 'BioShock' into film

Take-Two Interactive Software said on Friday that "Pirates of the Caribbean" director Gore Verbinski will make a movie version of "BioShock," its hit video game about an underwater utopia gone disastrously wrong.

Small TV stations lose appeal

A federal appeals court has denied a request from owners of thousands of low-power television stations to force a ban on government-subsidized converter boxes that can't display their signals.

A crash course in true political science

Paul Bunje a Californian who earned his doctorate studying snail evolution is photographed, Friday, May 9, 2008, in Washington. On Saturday he heads back to school to learn a trickier task: How to get elected to public office. Daniel Suson has a doctorate in astrophysics and has worked on the superconducting super collider and a forthcoming NASA probe. Now he's heading back to school to take on an even trickier task — getting elected to public office.


Killer storms around the world

Myanmar cyclone ranks among the deadliest Asian storms in modern times. Here are nine more of the deadliest storms since 1970, plus the deadliest hurricane in U.S. history.


Cats can help male mice get ladies

A cat chases a mouse as two birds watch the hunt on a frozen lake in Lazienki park in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008. The temperature in Warsaw on Thursday reached minus 8 degrees Celsius or 17 degrees Fahrenheit. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)Cat odor is known scare mice away, but it also seems to act like an aphrodisiac for the rodents, a new study shows.


Shuttle astronauts rehearse launch day

The STS-124 crew lines up on the runway after arriving at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From left are Expedition 17 Flight Engineer Greg Chamitoff, Pilot Ken Ham, Mission Specialist Karen Nyberg, Commander Mark Kelly, and Mission Specialists Ron Garan, Michael Fossum and Akihiko Hoshide, who represents Japan.The crew of the space shuttle Discovery successfully completed a dress rehearsal today for their upcoming launch. They capped off their practice run at Cape Canaveral with a simulated countdown to liftoff at 11:00 a.m. ET.


Newfound spider named Neil Young

Jason Bond, a biologist at East Carolina University, named a newly discovered arachnid, Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi, in honor of rock musician Neil Young.


Big Dipper to star in the spring sky

If you live in the Northern Hemisphere you only need to look overhead and toward the north where you will find the seven bright stars that comprise the famous Big Dipper.


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