Revelation: TV can teach!

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

Research conducted by the respectable Kaiser Foundation has revealed that “Many viewers of an episode of ABC's prime-time medical drama "Grey's Anatomy" that included a story about mother-to-child HIV transmission gained awareness of the issue“. Victoria Rideout was “astounded!" By the number of viewers that "picked up on factual health info ...

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The cOOmpany that knew too much

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

Who is not grateful to programmers for integrating a little search box in the menu bar of their browser? The one that saves a little bit of time and performs Google searches without having to open a new browser window. “Nifty” as they say in written Geek. Nifty yes, but ...

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