Skimping on shuteye each night could mean more than bags under your
eyes. A study found that for every hour of sleep you miss, you eat about
200 extra calories the next day. The biggest effect was found in people
who tried to make up for days of lost sleep by catching-up on the
weekends. Source Link
There
are calls to silence a new version of the Barbie doll that will talk
with a child. The $75 “Hello Barbie” uses a WiFi connection to analyze
the speech of a child and offer an answer from a list of pre-programmed
phrases. Some privacy advocates are concerned that the child’s recorded
conversations will not be protected. Source Link
Most
people would like to pay less in taxes, but there are some reasons why
Americans would pay more to Uncle Sam. A survey found that 40-percent of
younger people would pay more taxes for free education. Seniors say
they’d pay more to fix roads and bridges, and 20-percent would boost
their tax bill for free universal health care. Source Link
