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App diagnoses children's illnesses, based on their cough

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The app has so far been trained to recognize pneumonia, croup, asthma, bronchiolitis, and general lower ...

If your child has a persistent cough, it goes without saying that you should check to see if it’s anything serious. Taking them to the doctor is the best bet, but an experimental new cough-analyzing smartphone app could help in situations where that isn’t possible.

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Apollo 11 Lunar Lander Lego set marks 50th anniversary of the first men on the Moon

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Almost 50 years to the day since Neil Armstrong uttered the immortal words “the Eagle has landed” Lego will launch its Creator Expert set of the Eagle Lunar Module to celebrate the anniversary. Developed in cooperation with NASA, the set come… Continue reading Apollo 11 Lunar Lander Lego set marks 50th anniversary of the first men on the Moon→

WHO Says the Problem With Child Screen Time Isn’t the Screens, It’s Being Sedentary

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The new World Health Organization guidelines for children under five recommend limiting screen time—only if it means kids are sedentary for more than an hour. Continue reading WHO Says the Problem With Child Screen Time Isn’t the Screens, It’s Being Sedentary→

Expert Says Don’t Teach Kids to Code

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I was a little surprised to see a news report about Andreas Schleicher, the director of education and skills at OECD — the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Speaking at the World Innovation Summit for Education in Paris, Schleicher thinks that teaching kids to code is a waste of …read more

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