The proven dangers of tablets for young children Scientists from the University of London and king’s College London found that daily use of young children of touchscreen devices leads to a reduction in sleep time. Article researchers published in the journal Scientific Reports. Briefly about it, tells Gizmodo. The authors conducted an online survey of parents who had children aged six to 36 months. Respondents had to indicate the average length of day and night sleep of their child. In addition, they reported how much time he needs to sleep, and the frequency of awakenings at night. Approximately 70 percent of those surveyed owned a touch device. The proportion of children using them, accounted for 75 percent (in total there were 715). It was found that children who spent more time with smartphones and tablets, decreased duration of night sleep. Despite the fact that they slept a little longer, the
Day: April 14, 2017
Sons of the Amur tiger and the goat Timur was unable to make friends
Sons of the Amur tiger and the goat Timur was unable to make friends VLADIVOSTOK, 14 APR — RIA Novosti. Son of the Amur tiger of the Primorsky Safari Park, Sherkhan did not want to be friends with the kid — the son of Timur, so the animals were separated in different cages, according to Park. Tiger the Amur and Ussuri rivers by the name of Sher Khan was born in the end of September 2016, very weak. The tigress did not accept and refused to feed him and another cub that died as a result. Sherkhan managed to save, he lived in a warm room, where he watched the clock vet. In early April, Sherkhan moved in one enclosure with the son of the goat Timur of the Timurid, also they put a dog tobacco. “Timurid from the Park Sher Khan and Tabaqui we moved closer to Timur. Sher
Named the most favorable for making spontaneous decisions age
Named the most favorable for making spontaneous decisions age Scientists from Portugal have shown that the ability of a person to make a random selection usually reaches peak at the age of 25. A study published in the journal PLOS Computational Biology. To such conclusions scientists have come, watching the opportunity to make a spontaneous choice, which was provided more than 3.4 thousand people at the age from 4 to 91 years. Each of the volunteers solved a series of tasks that assessed the ability to make a random decision. It turned out that adjusted for gender, language and education, the only significant factor influencing the possibility of random selection was the age of the participants. In 25 years, the spontaneity, as shown by the authors, was the highest. Previous studies have shown that with age, the ability of a person to make a spontaneous choice decreases. In such processes,
In the state Duma proposed to deport the migrants at their expense
Photo: RIA Novosti The Deputy of the state Duma Vladimir Sysoev has prepared a draft law (a copy is in RT), according to which, migrants will be obliged to have at the entrance to Russia the policy of obligatory insurance of risk of deportation or administrative expulsion. The bill will be introduced on Friday, April 14. “Currently, our country ranks second in the world in the number of persons on its territory migrants. Total of such persons in Russia amounts to more than 10 million people, or 7% of the total population. I propose to require migrants to pay the expenses for the deportation — this will not only significantly reduce the cost of the Federal budget for these activities, but also will accelerate the expulsion of gentlemen of good luck to their homeland,” — said the Deputy of the RT. According to the General Directorate for migration, Ministry of
The Pentagon will no longer inform about contacts with Russia on Syria
Photo: Reuters USA do not intend to publicly discuss the contacts with Russia in the framework of the communication channel to prevent incidents. About it journalists were reported by the official representative of headquarters of the operation under the code name Inherent Resolve (“resoluteness”), which is held in Iraq and Syria group of countries headed by the USA against the group “Islamic state” (banned in Russia), Colonel, U.S. air force John Dorrian. “We will no longer provide information about these daily discussions,” he said, answering questions of journalists in a teleconference from Baghdad. According to him, the coalition had come to the conclusion that the report about the “unproductive”. “The more we will not do” – said Dorian. April 7, the official representative of the defense Ministry major General Igor Konashenkov said that the Ministry suspends April 8, working under a Memorandum of understanding hotline of communication with the Pentagon,
Coalition forces led by the US have destroyed in Syria 18 opposition fighters
Coalition forces led by the US have destroyed in Syria 18 opposition fighters WASHINGTON, April 13. /TASS/. The blow was struck at the request of the partner armed forces, which indicated where the target is defined as a military position of ISIS, reported the press service of the Pentagon. Forces anti-terrorist coalition headed by the USA have destroyed in Syria 18 people from the group of the moderate opposition. As reported in the press service of the Pentagon, the incident occurred on 11 April in the area South of the city tabka. “The blow was struck at the request of the partner armed forces, which are indicated, where is this goal defined as a military position grouping “Islamic state” (banned in Russia)”, — reported in the us military. According to him, in fact the goal was the advanced position of the troop of armed coalition “forces of the democratic Syria.”
Assad called fabricating reports himatake in Syria
Assad called fabricating reports himatake in Syria Moscow. April 13. INTERFAX.RU — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Thursday that reports of the alleged chemical attack in the Syrian Eblida are “absolute fabrication”. “Definitely, 100% for us is a fabrication. We have the impression that the West, especially the US, are in close cooperation with terrorists,” — said in the message published on the website of TV channel France 24. “They fabricated the whole story to have a reason to attack,” — said Assad. Chemical attack and a missile strike USA On 4 April, the media reported that the city of Khan shaykhun in the Syrian province of Idlib was applied ammunition with toxic substances in the killing, according to various estimates, about 100 people, injuring dozens of people. The US and its allies have accused the strike of Syrian President Bashar Assad, but Damascus categorically rejected the accusation. On
Base “Shirt” strike weird
Base “Shirt” strike weird Special correspondent of “Komsomolskaya Pravda” Alexander Kots saw that the American missile attack has not made much of an impression on the Syrians. — It lasted no more than 15 minutes, a couple dozen explosions, from which the floor was shaking under the feet, — says a teacher of school of the village Sirat Abdullah Hasim, adjacent to 7 April attacked the airbase. Thought, the terrorists burst to the base and try to grab it, but in the morning all learned on TV. The first wounded began to bring to six in the morning, told me at a local hospital. — Mainly the military and civilians had burns and shrapnel wounds. Through our hospital ten people. Later they were taken to the hospital in HOMS. About the dead civilian doctor heard nothing, although according to Syrian television reported nine victims, among them four children. Officially, however,
Pakistani student beaten to death for blasphemy
In Pakistan student beaten to death for blasphemy right on the campus of the University. On Thursday, April 13, according to Reuters. The incident occurred in the city of Peshawar. According to police, 10 students, shouting “Allah Akbar” they attacked their classmate Mashal Khan, stripped him naked and beat with sticks until, until his cracked skull. Standing around the students looked at the scene without trying to help the Khan, and took a beating on smartphones. After Mashal Khan died, the killer tried to burn the body. The police arrested the attackers. On questioning, they explained that they were angry at Khan because of the fact that he was distributing blasphemous content in social networks, but are unable to specify what caused their rage. Professors Khan, trained as a journalist, said that he often criticized the country’s political system, but never touched on religious issues. Since 1990 in Pakistan for
Putin and Erdogan discussed situation in Syria
Vladimir Putin, Recep Tayyip Erdogan (archive photo) Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed the situation in Syria. This was reported on the Kremlin website. The conversation took place on Turkey’s initiative. The interlocutors expressed mutual intention to continue joint work to strengthen the cessation of hostilities, a willingness to further facilitate inter-Syrian negotiation process in Astana and in the Geneva format. The two leaders called for the speedy conduct an objective and thorough international investigation of the incident with chemical weapons in the town of Khan Shaykhun on 4 April. Putin and Erdogan agreed to instruct the two governments to intensify the implementation of the decisions held in Moscow on March 10 the sixth meeting of the cooperation Council of the highest level. On 4 April, the opposition said that loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces have used chemical weapons in Idlib province. As