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What is "eldest daughter syndrome" and how can we fix it?

Have you heard of "eldest daughter syndrome?" It's the emotional burden eldest daughters tend to take on (and are encouraged to take on) in many families from a young age......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgApr 7th, 2023

Douglas Trumbull, VFX Whiz For "Blade Runner", "2001" and Others, Dies At 79

Douglas Trumbull, the visual effects mastermind behind Blade Runner, Close Encounter of the Third Kind, 2001: A Space Odyssey and numerous others, died on Monday at age 79. His daughter Amy Trumbull announced the news on Facebook, writing that her fa.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsFeb 9th, 2022

Pulsed electromagnetic energy, ultrasound “plausibly” explain Havana syndrome

Expert panel says other popular hypotheses, like mass psychogenic illness, are unlikely. Enlarge / Picture of the US embassy in Havana, taken on September 29, 2017, after the United States announced it was withdrawing more than half it.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsFeb 3rd, 2022

"Pulsed Electromagnetic Energy" Could Cause Havana Syndrome

An intelligence panel investigating the cause of a spate of mysterious incidents that have struck dozens of US officials across the globe has said that some of the episodes could "plausibly" have been caused by "pulsed electromagnetic energy" emitted.....»»

Category: topSource:  slashdotRelated NewsFeb 3rd, 2022

Research finds little genetic basis for some sea stars staying healthy amid deadly wasting syndrome

Healthy-looking ochre sea stars have minimal genetic difference from those displaying symptoms of sea star wasting syndrome, say Oregon State University researchers who examined whether genetic variation was the reason some animals went unaffected du.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsFeb 1st, 2022

Housework or sleep? Study says it depends when you were born

When Gen Xer Amy Rottier went shopping for her young children two decades ago, she drove to a mall and browsed for what she needed. Her millennial daughter, Helen, who is studying for a doctorate and doesn't have children, buys anything she needs wit.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsJan 30th, 2022

The King"s Daughter Review

The King’s Daughter is a series of scenes edited together that has no idea what movie it ultimately wants to be.The King’s Daughter will premiere in theaters nationwide on Jan. 21, 2022.Not all movies have a smooth path from filming to eventual r.....»»

Category: gameSource:  ignRelated NewsJan 22nd, 2022

"Havana Syndrome" Unlikely Caused By Hostile Foreign Power, CIA Says

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: An initial CIA investigation into the mysterious set of symptoms known as Havana syndrome has found that it is unlikely to be the result of a worldwide campaign of attacks by a foreign power agai.....»»

Category: topSource:  slashdotRelated NewsJan 21st, 2022

The Boy King of YouTube

"Until recently," writes the NY Times' Jay Caspian Kang, "my daughter and I were somehow able to avoid the king of toy videos: Ryan Kaji." There's no one way to describe what Kaji, who is now 10 years old, has done across his multiple YouTube channe.....»»

Category: topSource:  slashdotRelated NewsJan 9th, 2022

Survey: Parents increased quality time at pandemic"s start

During the first several months of the pandemic in the U.S., Dina Levy made her young daughter and son go on walks with her three times a day......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJan 6th, 2022

Researchers develop structural blueprint of nanoparticles to target white blood cells responsible for lung inflammation

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the devastating impact of acute lung inflammation (ALI), which is part of the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) that is the dominant cause of death in COVID-19. A potential new route to the diagnosis and tre.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 27th, 2021

New hope for people living with a genetic cause of autism

Researchers report they were able to ameliorate Fragile X syndrome symptoms after inserting the Fmr1 gene into the brains of very young transgenic mice that had been genetically engineered to lack this gene. When the researchers measured brain activi.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsDec 14th, 2021

Strahan flies to space with astronaut"s daughter: "Wow!"

Football star and TV celebrity Michael Strahan caught a ride to space with Jeff Bezos' rocket-launching company Saturday, sharing the trip with the daughter of America's first astronaut......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 12th, 2021

Bezos" Blue Origin completes third crewed space flight

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin company blasted its third private crew into space on Saturday and brought it back safely, this time including the daughter of the first American astronaut......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 11th, 2021

Blue Origin successfully completes third crewed mission to space, its first at full capacity

The six passengers included Laura Shepard Churchley, the oldest daughter of NASA astronaut Alan Shepard, who was the first NASA astronaut to fly in space. The New Shepard spacecraft is named after him......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsDec 11th, 2021

Daughter of first American astronaut to launch on Blue Origin flight

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is set to blast its third private crew to space on Saturday, this time including the daughter of the first American astronaut......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 11th, 2021

Long-range four-stranded DNA structures found to play a role in rare aging disease

A special form of four-stranded DNA, recently seen in human cells, has been found to interact with a gene that causes Cockayne Syndrome when faulty......»»

Category: biomedSource:  sciencedailyRelated NewsDec 9th, 2021

Parents of the social media generation are not OK

Last September, just a few weeks into the school year, Sabine Polak got a call from the guidance counselor. Her 14-year-old daughter was struggling with depression and had contemplated suicide......»»

Category: topSource:  cnnRelated NewsDec 8th, 2021

Child"s gender influences crime rates in young fathers and their peers

For the first time, researchers established that young fathers who have a firstborn son rather than a daughter are convicted of fewer crimes in subsequent years, and crucially that this reduction also leads to a drop in criminal convictions among pee.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 30th, 2021

Overcoming Imposter Syndrome: Making Competence, Making Confidence

Not feeling like a legitimate maker? The sinking sensation is more common than you may think. Here's how beat imposter syndrome when it strikes. The post Overcoming Imposter Syndrome: Making Competence, Making Confidence appeared first on Make: DIY.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  makezineonlineRelated NewsNov 30th, 2021

To help people with long COVID, scientists need to define it

Patients with the perplexing syndrome have reported 200 different symptoms. Enlarge (credit: Morsa Images | Getty Images) Almost from the beginning of the COVID pandemic, reports have accumulated of persistent, weird, disabli.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsNov 27th, 2021