21% of Americans have read an e-book.
Twenty-one percent of Americans have read an e-book in the last year as of February, according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project. That’s up from 17% in December.
Continue reading… “Is the printed book dead?”
Optimus Prime sent me to inform you that we have arrived.
Chinese artist Kefeng Zhu and his team of artists use heavy metal as their medium, and the results are pretty darn neat. His unofficial Transformers theme park is calledMr. Iron Robot, and it’s a big hit with kids from throughout the Zhejiang Province and beyond…
Continue reading… “Scrap metal transformers theme park opens in China”
Imidacloprid is in a lot of commonly used products.
The likely culprit in sharp worldwide declines in honeybee colonies since 2006 is imidacloprid, one of the most widely used pesticides, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)…
Continue reading… “Use of common pesticide, Imidacloprid, linked to Bee Colony Collapse”
If you can’t code, you are a prisoner to those who can.
Mexican entrepreneur Cristian Castillo thinks avoiding investors is important.
Castillo, co-founder of instaDM, a messaging service for Instagram, doesn’t consider himself a coder, but can hack his ideas into early-stage products.
He already has made a few apps that have gained traction…
Continue reading… “This is why entrepreneurs should learn to code”
A robot from the future is made entirely of liquid metal in the film “Terminator 2: Judgment Day.”
A revolutionary new armor relies on a liquid that hardens when something hits it, promising unprecedented protection while letting soldiers move freely, unrestricted by bulk and weight.
Continue reading… “Revolutionary new liquid body armor hardens on impact”
Physicist Graham Turner says “the world is on track for disaster.”
Researchers at Jay W. Forrester’s institute at MIT in a new study says that the world could suffer from “global economic collapse” and “precipitous population decline” if people continue to consume the world’s resources at the current pace.
Continue reading… “Researchers predict next great depression by 2030”
Prolonged sitting is bad for your health.
A fascinating study was published by SBRN member David Dunstan and colleagues in Australia, which examined the acute (e.g. short-term) impact of uninterrupted sitting on metabolic health. In this new study, individuals with overweight or obesity were asked to perform 3 separate conditions in random order. (Videos)
Continue reading… “Why sitting for just a couple hours is bad for your health”
New York beats out London as the city with the most global clout.
You can put another feather in the cap of New York. In the rivalry between the world’s biggest cities, New York bests London and Tokyo on a new Global Cities Index by A.T. Kearney and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
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A fifth of American adults report that they have read an e-book in the past year.
Twenty-one percent of Americans have read an e-book. The increasing availability of e-content is prompting some to read more than in the past and to prefer buying books to borrowing them.
Continue reading… “The rise of e-books in America”
Don’t ya just wanna cuddle em?
Imagine a tyrannosaur weighing one and a half tons, completely covered in soft, downy plumage. Even its tail is fluffy with feathers. Though we’ve known for a while that many dinosaurs were covered in feathers, a group of Chinese researchers have now provided direct evidence that gigantic, deadly tyrannosaurs might have looked a bit like wuffly birds. Three nearly complete, well-preserved fossils give us a glimpse of tyrannosaurs the way we’ve never seen them before…
Continue reading… “Hard evidence that giant tyrannosaurs were cute”
Did you know that Splenda was born as an insecticide? It’s true!
Splenda is not natural; it is a chlorinated artificial sweetener. There have been no long-term human studies on the safety of Splenda; however, issues have been raised about Splenda in a new study from Duke University.
According to the study, Splenda “suppresses beneficial bacteria and directly affects the expression of the transporter P-gp and cytochrome P-450 isozymes that are known to interfere with the bioavailability of drugs and nutrients….
Continue reading… “The insecticide now known as Splenda”
Sitting in traffic? Send a text message to the guy in front of you.
The New York International Auto Show kicks off this Friday and there will be a torrent of technology, but it isn’t focused on mpg or “skid pad” performance. The new models are all about apps and Facebook friends.
Continue reading… “Bump Network – service sends messages to license plates”
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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