Fewer that one in ten people were obese up until 1980. In 2010, 35% of the American people were classified as obese.
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Cell phone theft becomes a national crime epidemic in the U.S.
10% of cellular users said their phone had been stolen at one point.
From San Francisco to Washington, D.C., law enforcement agencies are again sounding an alarm over mobile-phone thefts, demanding that the wireless industry, resellers and lawmakers take new steps to quash the thriving black market for boosted devices.
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The startling rise in disability in the US: 14 million Americans can’t work
Every month, 14 million Americans get a disability check.
The number of Americans who are on disability has skyrocketed in the past thirty years. Medical advances have allowed many more people to remain on the job, and new laws have banned workplace discrimination against the disabled, but disability is still on the rise. Fourteen million people now get a disability check from the government every month.
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YouTube reaches 1 billion monthly users
YouTube is now at 1 billion monthly users, according to Google. That means roughly 14.7% of the world watches something on YouTube every month, assuming Wolfram Alpha’s estimate of 6.79 billion people on Earth.
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8 free online courses entrepreneurs can’t miss
Entrepreneurs can hop online and hone their expertise for free.
Education for entrepreneurs is slowly but surely becoming more mainstream. Traditional universities are offering entrepreneurs more tools than ever before. But Coursera and Udacity, education startups, have taken this a step further. They are offering in-depth classes on entrepreneurship taught by industry heavy-weights such as Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur Steve Blank for free.
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The Great Crossover – More baby-first marriages for Americans
A majority of young parents under 30 now have their first child before they marry.
More Americans are waiting to marry. The average age at which Americans are getting married has increased from their early 20s in 1970 to their late 20s today, a significant social and demographic transition.
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How Millennials shop and spend in America
16 to 34 year olds are more likely to wield a smartphone or other mobile device as a shopping companion.
We all know that young people like to shop. All before the responsibilities of having a family set in, in the relatively care-free years of high school and college, young people tend to throw their pennies into blouses, jeans and other must-have accessories. (Infographic)
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Massive open online courses are transforming higher education and science
MOOCs: Internet-based teaching programs are designed to handle thousands of students simultaneously.
Engineering, science, and technology have at the forefront of the massive open online course movement. These classes also are providing fodder for scientific research on learning.
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Economic shift to the east revealed in global night light patterns
Night lights
How is light distribution of light across the planet changing over time? Light produced by a society is closely correlated with its economic status. Rich developed countries tend to be brighter at night than poor developing ones.
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U.S. wealth inequality is extreme by global standards
You probably took away a couple facts if you watched Poltizane’s viral video on U.S. wealth inequality. America’s rich claim an even more mind-bogglingly huge share of the nation’s wealth than they do of its income, and most people in this country would like them to have less of it.
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More Americans than ever before “have no religious affiliation”: Survey
Americans in almost every demographic group increasingly claim “no religion.”
The number of Americans who are not religious is on the rise. Researchers from University of California, Berkeley and Duke University went through the recently-released results of the biennial General Social Survey and found that…
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Moms lead trend in mobile shopping
Moms tend to lead shopping and mobile trends.
More shoppers are becoming increasingly comfortable using the smartphone or tablet to browse retailer offerings, look for discounts and compare products. For moms especially, who tend to lead shopping and mobile trends, the use of these smart devices may have reached the tipping point: Mobile has become more than a nice accessory to augment the shopping process; it has become an essential stop in the path to purchase.
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