Yale Students Develop "Gun Guard" To Keep Children And Loaded Handguns Apart (December 10, 1999) -- A group of Yale students have developed a device called Gun Guard that keeps children under age six from playing with loaded handguns, while still offering protection for gun owners. ... > full story

It's In The Genes: Study Opens Door To New Treatment Of The Blues (February 9, 2006) -- A Florida State University scientist in Tallahassee, Fla., used a gene transfer technique to block the expression of a gene associated with clinical depression in a new study of mice that could lead ... > full story

A Giant Sucking Sound for Sea Turtles -- Nicaragua's Rich Sea Grass Beds Last Stop for Endangered Green Turtles (August 7, 2005) -- Sea turtles that receive the highest protection in Costa Rica and other neighboring countries are dying by the thousands at the hands of unregulated - and unsustainable - commercial fishing in ... > full story

Smallpox Attack Possible, Bioterrorism Expert Says (April 14, 2005) -- One big problem that could occur with a possible worldwide bioterrorism attack goes beyond any health scare -- it's politics, says a homeland security ... > full story

Energy Secretary Richardson, AAA Officials: Expect Business As Usual At Nation's Gas Stations (December 30, 1999) -- As the end of the year nears, U.S. Energy Secretary Bill Richardson and American Automobile Association (AAA) officials have some calming news: expect business such as that during any long holiday ... > full story

Safe Water, Medicines, Insecticides Greatest Needs After Mitch (November 9, 1998) -- Safe water, specific medicines, insecticides and waste disposal are the highest priority needs in the Central American countries affected by Hurricane Mitch, say Pan American Health Organization ... > full story

Chaos, Vagueness, And Presidential Polls (November 6, 2000) -- Only two months ago, seven out of seven political forecasters attending the annual American Political Science Association (APSA) meeting predicted Vice President Gore would emerge victorious in the ... > full story

New Sign Language Suggests Children Create Language's Fundamentals Through Learning (September 21, 2004) -- At a school in Managua, Nicaragua, deaf children are speaking a new language entirely their own, which nonetheless has remarkable similarities to the world's other languages. Researchers studying ... > full story

Slime-mold Beetles Named For Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld (June 4, 2005) -- George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld now each has a slime-mold beetle named in his honor. Two former Cornell University entomologists recently named 65 new species of slime-mold beetles; ... > full story

South Asia Slashes Polio Cases By Nearly Half (February 11, 2005) -- The three countries on the Asian continent that still have polio are on target to end the disease this year, their health authorities said today. Last year, polio cases in Afghanistan, India, and ... > full story

UF Sponsored Research Funding Reaches 0 Million For A New Record (October 21, 1998) -- The University of Florida's research enterprise grew about 10 percent to a record 0 million in awards during fiscal year 1997-98, according to recently released ... > full story

Richard Leakey -- Richard Erskine Frere Leakey (born 19 December 1944 in Nairobi, Kenya), is a paleontologist, archaeologist and conservationist. He is the second of the three sons of the archaeologists Louis Leakey ... > full article

Hurricane Mitch -- Hurricane Mitch was one of the most powerful hurricanes ever observed, with maximum sustained winds of 180 mph (290 ... > full article

Timeline of Hurricane Katrina -- This article contains a historical timeline of the events of Hurricane ... > full article

Language acquisition -- Language acquisition is the process by which language develops in humans. First language acquisition concerns the development of language in children, while second language acquisition focuses on ... > full article

Mangrove -- Mangrove are woody trees or shrubs that grow in coastal habitats for which the term mangrove swamp also would apply. Mangrove plants occupy shallow water and intertidal zones in tropical and ... > full article

Thomas Henry Huxley -- Thomas Henry Huxley F.R.S. (May 4, 1825 – June 29, 1895) was a British biologist, known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his defence of Charles Darwin's theory of ... > full article

Prison -- A prison is a place in which individuals are physically confined or interred. Prisons are conventionally institutions which form part of the criminal justice system of a country, such that ... > full article

Erikson's stages of psychosocial development -- Erikson's stages of psychosocial development were developed by Erik Erikson, and describe eight developmental stages through which a healthily developing human should pass from infancy to late ... > full article

Excavation -- Excavation is the best-known and most commonly used technique within the science of archaeology. Individual excavations are normally referred to simply as "digs" by those who participate, this being ... > full article

Kyoto Protocol -- The Kyoto Protocol or Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is an international treaty on climate ... > full article

Lean Machines: Learning From the Leaders of the Next Industrial Revolution
Lean Machines: Learning From The Leaders Of The Next Industrial Revolution provides readers with a unique compilation of interviews with some of the country's most respected executives who have deep ... > read more

The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels
Whether challenged with taking on a startup, turning a business around, or inheriting a high-performing unit, a new leader's success or failure is determined within the first 90 days on the job. In ... > read more

Beyond Reason : Using Emotions as You Negotiate
Let's say you're trying to convince a new employer to sweeten its job offer to you. Or perhaps you're buying or selling a company. Or maybe you're even solving for peace in the Middle East. If any of ... > read more

Successful Manager's Handbook: Develop Yourself, Coach Others
ANSWERS YOU NEED FROM EXPERTS YOU TRUST How many times have you bought the latest and greatest management book and let it collect dust on your shelf? Management fads come and go, but leaders across ... > read more

Disclosure : Military and Government Witnesses Reveal the Greatest Secrets in Modern History
For the first time ever, over five dozen top-secret military,government, intelligence and corporate witnesses to secret projects tell their true stories which disclose the greatest covert program in ... > read more

Official (ISC)2 Guide to the CISSP Exam
Candidates for the CISSP exam can now go directly to the source for study materials that are indispensable in achieving certification. Official (ISC)2 Guide to the CISSP Exam is derived from the ... > read more

The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
Thomas L. Friedman is not so much a futurist, which he is sometimes called, as a presentist. His aim, in his new book, The World Is Flat, as in his earlier, influential Lexus and the Olive Tree, is ... > read more

Life's Missing Instruction Manual : The Guidebook You Should Have Been Given at Birth
Bestselling author and marketing guru Joe Vitale offers insights and life lessons for achieving success In the simple, straightforward tone of an instructional manual, this little book offers big ... > read more

The Anatomy Coloring Book (3rd Edition)
Often imitated, never duplicated. New! Lay-flat binding makes coloring easier. New! 8 plates have been added: Accessory Structures of the Skin, Temporomandibular Joint, Upper Limb: Shoulder ... > read more

Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence
Business leaders who maintain that emotions are best kept out of the work environment do so at their organization's peril. Bestselling author Daniel Goleman's theories on emotional intelligence (EI) ... > read more