A study of people reading long-form text on tablets finds higher reading speeds than in the past, but they’re still slower than reading print.
Antidepressants linked with significant risk of stroke and fracture
Antidepressants increased the stroke rate by up to half, the rate of falls by more than three quarters and the fracture rate by 87% compared with no antidepressant use. (Update 15 July 2024 – link no longer valid.)
Bill Cosby says:
Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.
ACMA approves in-flight mobile use
Airline passengers to get mobile roaming in the air. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/221450,acma-approves-in-flight-mobile-use.aspx
The Longest Beaver Dam In The World
They’ve been busy little beavers for about 40 years http://www.geostrategis.com/p_beavers-longestdam.htm
Lifecycle of the Monarch Butterfly
School holiday nature education? http://vimeo.com/4155705
Too little oxygen may prompt onset of Alzheimer's
Get some exercise or breath deeply! http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19225795.600-too-little-oxygen-may-prompt-onset-of-alzheimers.html
SmithKline Beecham hide test results on Avandia for years
Drug company’s number one focus on profits, not your health. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/health/policy/13avandia.html?_r=2&hp
How the tech industry defused the internet filter
Voluntary code solves everyone’s headaches. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/219614,how-the-tech-industry-defused-the-internet-filter.aspx
Free clock democratises atomic accuracy
Researchers are developing a network of software-based clocks that could give data centres and networks the accuracy of an atomic clock for free. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/219216,free-clock-democratises-atomic-accuracy.aspx