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Astronomers were further able to estimate the planet's makeup by calculating its size, based on the amount of light that GJ 1214b blocked when it passed in front of its star, as well as its mass (6.6 times Earth's mass), based on the wobble in the wavelength of starlight caused by GJ 1214b's gravitational pull on its star. That analysis revealed the new planet's density: about one-third of Earth's. Because water has a much lower density than rock, astronomers figured that the "most plausible scenario is a planet made mostly of water, with...
Byrne said that children’s values and beliefs could also predict resistance to attempts from their parents to protect them on the internet. The strategies resulting in the least amount of disagreement were the most effective because they empowered the youth to protect themselves while providing legal or academic consequences for online misconduct...
...into working outside the home by the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and what activities they had cut back on when they started doing paid work. By examining time-allocation studies from 1975 to 2004, the researchers found that single mothers who joined the workforce reported spending the same amount of time with their children, and only a little less time on leisure activities or sleep. The women made up most of the time - more than two-thirds of it - by doing less work around the home: cooking, cleaning, laundry and the like. (Watch a video about women's changing...
...with more than three kids reported doing an average of about 28 hours of housework a week, while married men with more than three kids reported putting in about 10 hours. So it's reasonable to assume that single mothers, who have to go it alone, face a significant amount of labor after they get home from work. (See iPhone apps for new moms...
...bank is actually in worse shape than many thought. To exit TARP, Bank of America was required to raise $18.5 billion in new capital, or about 40% of the $45 billion in capital it repaid the government. Other banks have had to raise as much as half of the amount they want to pay back the government in new capital. Citigroup, though, is required to raise more than 100% of what it wants to pay back - $20.5 billion in new capital, half a billion dollars more than it will pay Uncle Sam. That suggests the government is still worried that...