Average family spends 221000 to raise a child nationwide
A USDA report shows a middle income family with a child born last year will spend about 221000 raising that child to age 17, with housing as the largest expense and costs rising with income. Inflation-adjusted figure about 292000. regional differences noted.
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Aesop Fable Hinted True by Crow Rock Dropping Study
New York AP reports researchers find relatives of crows called rooks use stone dropping to raise water in a tube to reach a worm, suggesting a lesson in invention may reflect real behavior. The study, online in Current Biology, notes birds chose stones by size and acted with foresight.
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Current Biology
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Russell Gray
University of Auckland
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Twitter Outage Tied to Denial of Service Attack
Hackers disrupted Twitter for hours on Thursday causing an outage as Facebook also faced intermittent access. Twitter defended against a denial of service attack while experts warned of ongoing vulnerability. Industry observer Graham Cluley urged stronger infrastructure to withstand such assaults.
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Nature as the original artist in the animal world
The article argues that animals and plants create masterful works of art, from spider webs and honeycombs to bower bird decorations, paralleling human artists. It notes spiders spin in about an hour, bees form hexagonal hives, and birds use blue adornments to attract mates, concluding nature itself is a living gallery. Visit www. garden-city.org/zoo.
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