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Nigerian Army Failed to Heed Warnings
[9 Mar 2010 at 11:00pm]
 At least 200 Christian villagers were massacred on Sunday in central Nigeria. The killings are believed to have been carried out as revenge for the slaying of 300 people, mostly Muslims, in January. Now, a local Christian organization is accusing the army of ignoring warnings of the impending violence and of taking hours to respond after receiving a distress call. A local politician also claims to have informed military leaders several hours before the massacre that suspicious people with weapons had been seen by villagers, but the army apparently ignored the tip. Discuss
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Educational Videos Fail to Teach Babies Language
[8 Mar 2010 at 11:00pm]
 A new study has found that viewing a DVD touted as being a "playful introduction to words and sign language" does not improve language skills in toddlers. Several times a week for six weeks, a number of one- to two-year-old participants watched the Baby Wordsworth DVD from the Walt Disney Company's Baby Einstein series. Afterwards, researchers tested their language skills as well as those of children who did not watch the program and concluded that there was no difference in language acquisition between the two groups. On average, toddlers from both groups understood about 20 of the 30 words highlighted in the DVD and spoke 10.
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Screening Young Athletes May Save Lives
[7 Mar 2010 at 11:00pm]
 Each year, nearly 100 young athletes in the US die, often in the midst of competition, of sudden cardiac death. The results of two independent US studies suggest that screening high school and college athletes for heart abnormalities with an electrocardiogram may be a cost-effective way to identify at-risk youth and save lives. Italy instituted mandatory screening of all young athletes in the early 1980s, and since then such deaths have dropped ten-fold.
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