Obesity isn’t driving the worldwide pandemic of Type 2 diabetes as much as the rising consumption of sugar — largely in the form of sweetened sodas.
A worldwide analysis has shown that regardless of sugars effect on obesity, the ebb and flow of sugar in a country’s diet strongly influences the diabetes rate there.
Continue reading… “Availability of sugar raises prevalence of diabetes: Study”
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It’s a first for neuroscience, scientists have created an electronic link between the brains of two rats. They demonstrated that signals from the mind of one can help the second solve basic puzzles in real time — even when those animals are separated by thousands of miles.
Continue reading… “First ever brain-to-brain interface created”
Bitcoin
Bitcoin, virtual currency, hits a new record high in value after the largest Bitcoin exchange, Mt. Gox, stirkes a deal with the startup CoinLab to handle its U.S. operations.
Continue reading… “Bitcoin hits new high in value after Mt. Gox exchange agrees to move to the U.S.”
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With the promise of 3D printing on the national agenda, scientists want to increase the stakes — with so-called 4-D printing. The “fourth dimension” refers to time — as in the space-time continuum described by the mathematician Hermann Minkowski early in the 20th century.
Continue reading… “The next big thing – 4D printers”
College graduates who are unemployed and have had to move back in with their parents have become a stock figure of the past few years and is helping to cement the Millennials’ reputation as the “Boomerang Generation.” How many of these graduates are returning to live with mom and dad ((or their aunt or uncle)?
Continue reading… “Exactly how many college graduates live back at home?”
People in Mexico City show pictures of missing women.
During the six years of Mexico’s former President Felipe Calderon’s administration the number of people who went missing stands at 26,121 according to government officials. That figure ranks as among the worst episodes of “disappearances” in Latin American history.
Continue reading… “26,121 people missing during Mexico’s Calderon era”
In 2012, global music sales rose by 0.3 percent to $16.5 billion. This marks the first good year for the music industry since 1999.The music industry’s 21st century renaissance comes down to four factors: Better mobile technology, a growing global middle class, more music-listening options, and an effective crackdown on piracy that is making paid music a more attractive option.
Continue reading… “Global music sales growing for first time this century”
Cyber cold-war
A lengthy confidential list of computer addresses linked to a hacking group that has stolen terabytes of data for corporations in America was circulated to the country’s internet providers last week by the Obama administration. But, it left out an important fact that almost every one of the digital addresses could be traced to he neighborhood in Shanghai that is headquarters to the Chinese military’s cybercommand.
Continue reading… “The cyber-cold war between China and U.S.”
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Fauja Singh is not your average great-great grandfather. Singh has completed nine 26-mile marathons since taking up long-distance running just over ten years ago.
Continue reading… “World’s oldest marathon runner retires at 101 years old”
Plants are natural friends and always lend a sense of warmth and spread freshness.
Space is a problem for city dwellers when it comes to gardens. But, bringing the charm of gardens in the life of people who suffer a space crunch are vertical gardens that will bring the garden inside the comfort of your house. Designers have come up with ideas that cover the walls with vegetation and give them an all new life. Listed below are 10 indoor vertical gardens that will help you lead a greener life. (Pics)
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A piece of electronics with physical properties, i.e. stiffness, bending rigidity, thickness and mass density, matched to the epidermis.
According to researchers, temporary electronic tattoos could soon help people fly drones with only thought and talk seemingly telepathically without speech over smartphones.
Continue reading… “Temporary electronic tattoos can make telepathy and telekinesis possible”
“We need to be one Yahoo!, and that starts with physically being together.”
Here is the internal memo, courtesy of some very irked Yahoo employees, sent to the company about a new rule rolled out by CEO Marissa Mayer. The new rule requires that Yahoo employees who work remotely relocate to company facilities.
Continue reading… “Yahoo CEO Mayer Now Requiring All Remote Employees to Not Be (Remote)”
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