Halloween
is really scary when you consider it’s the deadliest day of the year
for child pedestrian fatalities. Records show that the hour between 6
and 7 p.m. is the worst and that 12-to-15-year-olds are the most likely
victims when crossing a street at mid-block, so drivers need to be extra
careful and look out for trick-or-treaters of all ages. Source Link
Speed-learning
a new language could be the fast lane to building your brain. A study
found that those who took a crash course in a new language had more
brain growth than medical students. Previous research has shown that
multilingual people develop Alzheimer's disease at a later age. Source Link
Want
to stop those annoying robocalls and earn $50,000? That’s the prize
being offered by the Federal Trade Commission for the winning suggestion
in a contest to find a technical solution to stop illegal automated
telemarketing calls. Any crackdown would not affect political robocalls,
which are allowed under federal law. Source Link
