This could be a good excuse for teenagers who sleep the morning away – they're staying slim. A study of high schoolers found that each additional hour of sleep meant a lower body-mass index. Researchers say adding a few more hours of sleep per night could help some 500,000 young obese and overweight teens. Source Link
The
same folks who make a living by tracking your every move online are
about to pull back the curtain and give you a look at what they've been
gathering. The data mining company Acxiom is planning a website that
will allow consumers to see the information on file about them. Acxiom
uses online purchase records, social media posts and survey information
to classify households for marketers. Source Link
Scientists
are looking to an Old World remedy to help develop a new weapon against
bedbugs. The spiny leaves of kidney bean plants were used for hundreds
of years to trap bed bugs, and now researchers are hoping to duplicate
the technique in a man-made product to stop the tiny pests without the
use of dangerous chemicals. Source Link
