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...debate over spanking goes back many years, but the essential question often evades discussion: Does spanking actually work? In the short term, yes. You can correct immediate misbehavior with a slap or two on the rear end or hand. But what about the long-term impact? Can spanking lead to permanent, hidden scars on children years later...
...Harvard hand is a pretty bold new approach to the whole problem,” said Townsend. “It went against everything everyone else was trying...
Barrett expects the first robotic hands to be available in 2011, and the researchers envision the robotic hand will find uses in the household—such as helping elderly people pick up dropped objects—in prosthetics, and in factories...
...result is something that is very simple but is very robust in different grasping scenarios,” Jentoft said. “As a result, in the real world, when your object isn’t exactly where you expect it to be, the hand can adapt to it and doesn’t end up damaging itself or the object...
...workforce (about 6,800 jobs) over the next three years and to suspend or reduce tens of international and domestic routes. That's not enough, however. JAL reportedly needs more than $1 billion just to continue services into next year. So Nishimatsu has been forced to go hat in hand to the government seeking help to meet its financial needs of up to $3 billion in emergency capital. (See pictures of how Japan has changed in 20 years...