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Image: Subsea scouting with NEEMO NXT
That is not the ESA Kids mascot Paxi’s ship on the right. Nor is that a vintage diving suit on the left. It is lunar exploration with an aquatic twist. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-09-image-subsea-scouting-neemo-nxt.html…
Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’
As a new generation grows up surrounded by AI, researchers find education as early as preschool can help avoid confusion about robots’ role. From a report: Today’s small children, aka Generation Alpha, are the first to grow up with robots as peers. Those winsome talking devices spawned by a booming education-tech industry can speed children’s learning, but they also can be…
Google to Pay More Than $150 Million in YouTube Privacy Case
YouTube has agreed to pay more than $150 million to resolve U.S. allegations that it violated children’s privacy laws. Bloomberg reports: The settlement with the Federal Trade Commission resolves a probe into whether the video service broke a law that makes it illegal to collect information on children under 13 and disclose it to others without parental permission. A group of…
Freelance Site Fiverr Offers Illegal Private Spying Services
Freelancer site Fiverr is where a company can hire a short term app developer, a logo designer, or someone to help with their social media accounts. Fiverr is also a site where you can buy malware to illegally spy on your spouse, pay someone to place a GPS tracker on a car, or hire an unlicensed private investigator, Motherboard reported Monday,…
Juul, Philip Morris Sued Under Racketeer Act For Targeting Kids
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: E-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc. and Philip Morris USA Inc. were sued for illegally marketing nicotine-delivery devices to minors and deceiving consumers about the risks of vaping. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a 19-year-old, Christian Foss, who says he became addicted to nicotine and suffered worsening asthma symptoms after he began…
Vermicomposting | Fertilize With Worm Castings
Vermicomposting is worming its way onto farms everywhere. Here’s why you should fertilize with worm castings, and how to grow your own worm composting unit. Vermicomposting For The Homestead I’m always looking for new ways on the farm to reuse, recycle and repurpose, and there’s nothing I love more than an opportunity to reduce the…Continue Reading
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Having kids makes you happier, but only when they move out
Parents with young children are less happy than non-parents, but the tables seem to turn when their children leave home and become more supportive than stressful Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2213655-having-kids-makes-you-happier-but-only-when-they-move-out/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
7 Ways To Prepare Wheat Without a Grinder
A lot of times people just getting started with their food storage have a big hang-up about wheat and how to use it. We are told to store hundreds of pounds of this food that we never actually cook with in our daily meal prep. For a long time we decided we wouldn’t store any…Continue Reading
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Growing Food From Scraps
Did you know that 1/3 of all the food globally is wasted? Yes, it is! 1.3 billion tons gets lost or wasted or not consumed. And only a small percentage of that waste can be diverted for composting. Compost will help lessen these waste but did you know that there is a better way to save food?…Continue Reading
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