The new top man at BP is shaking up his staff and promising to put a new focus on safety. CEO Bob Dudley has removed the company’s chief of exploration and production and is appointing a new safety officer whose staff will have new powers to take steps to address safety problems. But Dudley is not saying that safety lapses led to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Source Link
A new survey says most of America’s kids are ready to make the jump from the printed page to electronic books, but parents don’t think it’s such a good idea. The report by Scholastic Books shows about 60% of youngsters say they're interested in reading on a Kindle or iPad, and one out in three would read more for fun if more books were available in digital form. Source Link
Those hands-on science kits designed to get young children interested in the field may have less in them for little hands to explore. The Consumer Product Safety Commission has declined to give science kit makers an exemption from rules that require items to to be tested for safe use. The makers say that could prevent them from using simple items like paper clips. Source Link
A new survey says most of America’s kids are ready to make the jump from the printed page to electronic books, but parents don’t think it’s such a good idea. The report by Scholastic Books shows about 60% of youngsters say they're interested in reading on a Kindle or iPad, and one out in three would read more for fun if more books were available in digital form. Source Link
Those hands-on science kits designed to get young children interested in the field may have less in them for little hands to explore. The Consumer Product Safety Commission has declined to give science kit makers an exemption from rules that require items to to be tested for safe use. The makers say that could prevent them from using simple items like paper clips. Source Link
