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May 27, 2015 02:43 PM EDT

Delayed Umbilical Cord Cutting Increased Fine Motor Skills In Boys

New findings published in the JAMA Pediatrics found long-term effects of delayed umbilical cord clamping, involving waiting a few minuts to clamp the cord after birth in order for the baby to receive more blood from the placenta. In fact, it could just be enough of a reason to change one of the most...

Mar 07, 2015 08:16 PM EST

Daylight Saving Time Is Tomorrow: Here's What's Good And Bad About Losing One Hour

Like it or not, most Americans will wake up to their smart phones tomorrow and see that they missed an hour of sleep. Just so turns out, they actually did. It's daylight saving time.

Feb 10, 2015 12:21 PM EST

Cool Optical Lattice Clocks are 1000 Times more Precise Than the Cesium Atomic Clock

Time keeping may be getting a bit more precise. Researchers have found that two cryogenically cooled optical lattice clocks can be synchronized to a tremendous one part in 2.0 x 10-18, which means that they would only go out of sync by a second in 16 billion years.

Jun 03, 2014 11:25 PM EDT

Suicide Rates Higher after Midnight

A recent study shows that the risk of suicide may be greater during certain times of the day. According to researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, they found that suicide risks typically peak after midnight.