Most of that sweet fare is coming from home.
In recent years, America’s intake of sugary foods and drinks has dropped, but kids in the U.S. are still consuming too much, government researchers say.
Continue reading… “Study: Still too much sugar in kids’ diets”
95% of teens are online.
Today’s teenagers are growing up in an unprecedented environment of hyper-inter-connectivity. According to recent data collected by the Pew Internet Project, 95% of teens 12 to 17 are online, 76% use social networking sites and 77% have cellphones.
Continue reading… “Is the internet ruining or improving today’s teens: Study”
There are 1.2 billion social networking users worldwide.
U.S.-based social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter usually get most of the publicity, but eMarketer predicts that the worldwide social networking phenomenon will encompass nearly 1.5 billion internet users by the end of this year.
Continue reading… “Hottest social networking countries around the world”
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Your future shopping trips to Whole Foods may include a shopping cart that can follow you around the store, based on a recent product demonstration by Microsoft. The software giant was showing off a Kinect-powered shopping cart that can identify and talk to you, follow you around the store, scan items as you shop, and even put you through an automated checkout.
Continue reading… “Smarter Cart – Whole Foods tries out Kinect-powered shopping carts”
BMI is a simple system, but it does have some flaws.
The Body Mass Index is a popular way to measure and assess whether someone is overweight or underweight. Basically, it’s just your weight divided by your height. BMI is a simple system, but it does have some flaws. Over at the Obesity Panacea blog, Peter Janiszewski (who has a Ph.D. in exercise physiology) has a nice post explaining why BMI is sometimes useful, and also why it’s not a great measurement of individual health…
Continue reading… “The problem with body mass index”
You may have noticed that tomorrow is February 29th, sometimes labeled as Leap Day. Even if you haven’t, you probably noticed that the Summer Olympics and the U.S. presidential election is happening this year, which means this is a Leap Year. C.G.P. Grey explains why we have a February 29th, but only once every four years…
Continue reading… “What is a Leap Year?”
The Pirate Bay, the largest torrent site on the Internet, is no more. Or well, it’s not like it once was. As of this moment, they’ve taken down all torrent links on the website and will now only use ‘magnet links’.
Though it sounds really bad, it’s more of an act to “future proof” The Pirate Bay website than anything else. So don’t worry! The Pirate Bay will still be able to work. It’s not dying, it’s just changing. In their words, “just click the red button instead of the green one and all will be fine”…
Continue reading… “The Pirate Bay removes all of its Torrent links”
Study reveals rich people are more likely to cheat or behave badly.
While the poor might seem to have the most reason to cheat and steal, a new study shows that the rich are more likely to be dishonest.
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The ride looks like an ordinary roller coaster – but is designed to kill.
A Lithuanian engineer, Julijonas Urbonas, has come up with macabre roller coaster concept where passengers are thrilled and then ‘killed’. (Pics)
Continue reading… “Macabre roller coaster that will thrill you… then kill you”
Sensors pick up the change when a fruit ripens or rots.
Have you ever taken a big gulp of milk only to find out then that the milk is sour.? A new technology will let you simply wave your phone over it–or any food–to get a verdict on whether it’s still edible.
Continue reading… “Edible silk sensors let you know if your food is spoiled”
Apotheosis is one of a “growing” number of men pursuing limb-lengthening procedures for cosmetic reasons.
Apotheosis, at five foot, six inches, was shorter than the average American male and very unhappy about it.
Continue reading… “Man ‘grows’ six inches taller through surgery”
Google’s self-driving car
Google wants to hire engineers to design and test the self-driving cars it’s been working on. Check out some of the new job listings Google has posted in the last couple weeks:
Continue reading… “Google wants to hire engineers to test its self-driving cars”
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