As if weather delays and full-body scans weren’t enough to worry about, now there’s a new item on the “do-not-bring” list for air travelers. The Transportation Security Administration says insulated beverage containers like a Thermos or coffee mug are getting extra scrutiny. There’s a concern that explosives could be hidden inside the insulation of the container. Source Link
If you’re coming down with a cold, don’t count on the herbal remedy echinacea to get you back on your feet faster. That’s according to a new study of adults and children. It showed that subjects who used the popular supplement got at best a half-day of less symptoms than those who had no treatment at all. Source Link
Did you hear there’s a new survey about the most annoying word? Whatever. No, actually that’s the winner. The poll by the Marist Institute says “whatever” was ranked the most annoying word or phrase in the English language for the second year in a row. The runner-up was “like,” which was the leading choice as the most annoying word for young people. Source Link
