What do sheep have to do with making America’s favorite sport safer?
Experts say a better football helmet could be a softer one, like the
horns of a ram that are made of the same natural polymer found in our
fingernails. Because it’s soft and stretchy, keratin can absorb the
shock of a head-to-head strike between two animals without knocking them
out. Source Link
“Take
10 episodes and call me in the morning” could be a prescription for
beating the blues. A study found that people admitted to binge-watching
TV shows when they were down in the dumps. Viewing a number of episodes
of a favorite show had a calming effect for some people. Source Link
The
phablet isn’t so fabulous for sales of tablets. For the first time,
tablet computer sales have gone down in a year-to-year comparison.
Experts are blaming the popularity of larger phones like the iPhone Plus
and Samsung Galaxy Note and the fact that consumers don’t upgrade their
tablet as often as they do their smartphone. Source Link
