June 27, 2013

It’s getting harder to predict the course of Mother Nature’s weather express. The jet stream that directs weather systems across North America is bobbing and weaving, leading to more extremes, including heavy storms and heat waves. One spot in Alaska recorded a record high in the 90s this month, just two weeks after the thermometer dropped to 15 degrees. Source Link

Being up-to-date on your immunizations isn’t just kid’s stuff. Health officials say cases of whooping cough are on the rise because many adults haven’t had a booster shot every 10 years. Whooping cough spreads easily most infants who get whooping cough are infected by an older person with the illness. Source Link

They say that size matters, but do the dimensions of the screen on your tech gadget determine the size of your ego too? In a study with smartphones, tablets, laptops and desktops, participants tested a device and then were asked to wait in the room for a payment. The bigger the screen, the less time that people were willing to wait. Source Link