The number of children treated in U.S. emergency departments for falls from windows approached 100,000 between 1990 and 2008, says a study in the journal Pediatrics. The research shows that the number of injuries declined during the first decade of the study period, but has since plateaued. “We still are seeing over 5,000 children a […]

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The droning honk of the vuvuzela has become the real star of the World Cup — the kind of star some soccer fans love and others hate. Now, the wired world has joined the chorus. On Friday morning, there were roughly 30 vuvuzela-themed smartphone apps for the open-source Android platform. Another dozen or so were […]