Many employees are feeling out of sorts and tired because the clocks have sprung ahead an hour.
Monday on Twitter, DST and daylight savings were trending, and the theme of many of the tweets had to do with workers’ difficulties adjusting to the time switcheroo.
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An interesting project called “Starlight” seems to have made use of thin film solar cell technology and advancements in lightweight materials technologies to create a perfect low cost solution for high altitude services, which engineers have been trying to achieve for long time.
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A British scientist has become the first human to be infected with a computer virus.
Dr Mark Gasson, a cybernetics expert at the University of Reading, has had a computer chip implanted in his hand.
The chip is programmed to open security doors to his lab – and ensure only he is able to switch on and use his mobile phone…
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Willow and her tenants, in front of the house Willow bought with her mother.
NPR’s Planet Money profiles Willow Tufano, a 14-year-old Florida girl who saved thousands of dollars by harvesting furniture from foreclosed houses and selling it on eBay. She’s just bought half interest in a house that went for $100,000 at the peak of the bubble. Her mom owns the other half, and the house went for $12,000. They rent it out for $700 a month now. Chana Joffe-Walt writes:
Mass suicide in the phone industry. If only they had a way to call for help!
Quote of the Day: “A recent police study found that you’re much more likely to get shot by a fat cop if you run.” – Dennis Miller
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The gene, SIRT6, in laboratory mice and found it extended their lifespan by up to 15 per cent.
A gene has been discovered by scientists that could hold the key to extending life by up to two decades. The gene is found in all mammals and is known to protect against age-related cell damage.
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Sleep or die – lack of sleep can have serious effects to your health.
There could be serious risks to your health if you don’t get the right amount of sleep every night. Lack of sleep can leave long-lasting effects on your body and your mind. The medical perspective is irrefutable: lack of sleep is deadly.
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Meatless meals were s a top food trend for 2011.
It may be due to rising prices, concern for the environment or a growing emphasis on health, but Americans are eating less meat.
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Two years after Crocs was on the verge of bankruptcy the company has opened hundreds of new stores.
Footwear-maker Crocs (CROX) was facing a life or death situation in 2008. The Boulder, Colo., company best known for its colorful and lightweight rubber clogs watched as its popularity sank and its inventory piled up on store shelves.
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An impossible object?
At first glance Igor Lobanov’s Wormhole chair looks like an impossible object that could only exist as a computer physics simulation. But once you wrap your head around its zip-together design, it not only seems plausible, but also pretty genius.
Each chair is composed of two flat, but rounded, frame pieces that each fold into a C-shape and completely zip together…
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A meteorite analyzed in the study at its collection site in Antarctica.
ScienceDaily (Mar. 9, 2012) — Creating some of life’s building blocks in space may be a bit like making a sandwich — you can make them cold or hot, according to new NASA research. This evidence that there is more than one way to make crucial components of life increases the likelihood that life emerged elsewhere in the Universe, according to the research team, and gives support to the theory that a “kit” of ready-made parts created in space and delivered to Earth by impacts from meteorites and comets assisted the origin of life.
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Astronaut/scientist Don Petit conducts experiments in the microgravity environment of the International Space Station to demonstrate physics on video…
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By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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