If
you’re coming off a weekend when you slept-in, you may be setting
yourself up for a shock when you step on the scale. A new study found
that the varying sleep patterns known as social jet lag can increase
your risk of obesity. That’s because getting too little sleep and then
trying to catch-up disrupts the body’s natural rhythms that also manage
your metabolism. Source Link
Americans
are now spending more on electronic books than the hardcover kind. New
figures show that e-book sales in the first quarter of 2012 topped
hardcover book sales for the first time. Sales of downloadable audio
books are growing the fastest. The trends are linked to the brisk sales
for e-book reader devices during last holiday season. Source Link
Knowing
your fractions and long division may seem like kid stuff, but a new
study says it’s vital to having the skills to compete in today’s work
world. Researchers found that many adults have trouble with fractions
and long division. Both are key to math proficiency at a time when
everyone from factory workers to Wall Street brokers use math every day
on the job. Source Link
