If
you thought you’d never lived through heat like we had last month, you
were right. July 2012 has gone down in the record books as the hottest
month ever in the United States, breaking the old mark set in 1936
during the Dust Bowl era. The scorching temperatures in July helped to
push nearly two out of three U.S. states into drought. Source Link
Scientists
have found that a drug used to treat HIV patients can also help ease
the effects of early Alzheimer’s disease, but the dose needed would cost
over $700 a day. The next step is to create a more-affordable version,
but there’s an easier alternative. Experts say you can get the same
memory improvement benefits from four hours of aerobic exercise per
week. Source Link
Are
you tired of seeing endless baby pictures on your Facebook news feed?
There’s an app for that. Unbaby.me is an add-on for the Chrome web browser that replaces baby pictures on Facebook with photos of cats. The
Unbaby tool was created by a pair of twenty-somethings who say they’ve
grown weary of seeing nonstop photos of their friend’s infants. Source Link
