Some experts say menthol makes it easier to start smoking and harder to quit because its taste masks the harshness of tobacco.
Among people who smoke who prefer mentholated cigarettes tend to have more strokes than non-menthol smokers – and this seems to be especially true for women and non-African Americans, according to a North American study.
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Futurist Thomas Frey: Working with many early stage inventors, I often have the privilege of seeing some truly remarkable inventions and innovations. A few days ago I was shown a technology that snugly fits into that remarkable category, one that has the potential to radically transform the way cars and other vehicles are powered. In fact, vehicles using this power source will never need to stop and refuel.
Continue reading… “Creating a ‘Ripple in the Force’ of the Power Industry”
Cosmic changes are coming.
When it comes to terraforming, the Universe makes man’s puny efforts to be king of the hill look pretty pathetic. Not only are we completely at the mercy of a constantly changing planet, but we’re careening through space totally vulnerable to a sea of objects and cosmic influences beyond our wildest imagination.
Yet intuitively we have the peace that all is under control in some magnificent way.
The decades long assertion that our solar system would soon enter an electrically charged life altering photon belt around the Sirius star system has been regularly dismissed as pseudo science–NASA speak for “conspiracy theory”. Despite periodical scientific validation it has been continually pushed aside by mainstream science.
Until now…
Continue reading… “Is NASA tracking the Cosmic Shift?”
Only 35% of hybrid owners bought another hybrid when returning to the market in 2011.
Only about a third of hybrid owners buy another hybrid, according to a new study.
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More stores adding self-checkout lanes.
Self scanning checkouts make it more convenient for people to shop – and steal but more stores are increasingly adding these checkouts.
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A huge 3D printer called D-Shape can print entire buildings out of sand.
World Future Society blogger Thomas Frey says the first “printed homes” will be coming soon.
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Red-light cameras are used in about 555 communities around the country.
At the heart of the debate about red-light cameras is this question: Do they save lives by reducing accidents or are they primarily a way for cities to raise money in an era of lagging tax revenue?
Continue reading… “Red-light camera debate continues while their legal status grows murkier”
Researchers found frequent doses of x-ray radiation were linked with more cases of the cancer.
Having more than one dental x-ray a year can double or even triple the chance of developing a common type of brain tumor, according to a new study. People who recalled having frequent dental x-rays were more likely than those who did not, to have a form of non-spreading cancer called meningioma.
Programming is about building a better mousetrap.
There are at least a dozen up-and-coming computer programming languages vying to become the next C++ or Java today.
Continue reading… “New computer programming languages to watch”
The cellphone theft problem is threatening to get out of control.
There is an unwelcome, but predictable, side effect to the soaring popularity of smartphones: an epidemic of smartphone thefts.
Continue reading… “National database planned to track stolen mobile phones”
Teens are not rushing to get a driver’s license.
Getting a drivers license has been as much a rite of passage as the high school prom, but a new study suggests that young Americans are no longer rushing to get a driver’s license the moment they are eligible – and the Internet may be a major reason for that delay.
Continue reading… “Teens in the U.S. are waiting longer to drive”
Biggest porn site on the internet gets over four billion hits a month.
‘The internet is for porn,’ is the title of a song on hit musical Avenue Q. And it turns out the lyricists had touched on a home truth, because researchers have discovered that a staggering 30 per cent of all internet traffic is pornography.
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