Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in 2010, many people were concerned that seafood was contaminated by either the oil or dispersants used to keep the oil from washing ashore. A new study found that all seafood tested so far has shown “remarkably low contaminant levels,” based on FDA standards. - Source
Excessive movement common among children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is actually vital to how they remember information and work out complex cognitive tasks, a new study shows. The findings show the longtime prevailing methods for helping children with ADHD may be misguided. - Source
After years and years of consumers clamoring for ala carte access to their favorite channels, the walls are starting to come down.
Be careful what you wish for – because choice might turn out to have a daunting number of variables.
This week Verizon did the once unthinkable and broke its bundle. Not down to a channel by channel choice, but a series of slim packages that give consumers more choice – and even some potential savings.
No doubt the Verizon move is driven in part by the number of customers voting with their credit cards and signing up for Netflix, HBOnow, and Dish Network’s Sling TV offering.
Verizon FiOS president Tami Erwin told CNBC that the offering isn’t so much for existing FiOS customers as to attract new customers to the service. - Source
Poorer outcomes for African-American women with estrogen-receptor positive breast cancer, compared with European-American patients, appears to be due, in part, to a strong survival mechanism within the cancer cells, according to a study. - Source
A new study finds that obese people fall into one of 6 groups. But there’s more to it than this. - Source
I’m old enough to remember when the smartest folks on Sand Hill Road thought cleantech was going to be the next big thing. When venture dollars into the “sector” (really, a loose collection of very different markets and technologies, bundled together under a convenient label) were growing by leaps and bounds year over year. When the New York Times declared “Capitalism… Read More
This is an era of second chances in sports highlighted by Alex Rodriguez, Johnny Manziel, Adrian Peterson and Jameis Winston. Noticeably absent are Pete Rose and Lance Armstrong, who is rumored to be trying for reinstatement after his lifetime ban from cycling in 2012. - Source
You don’t have to stay in a job interview if the atmosphere is oppressive or if you can tell you don’t want the job. Here are five good reasons to run! - Source
It’s spring cleaning time. Even if you have the urge to clean your home from top to bottom, perhaps your natural laziness is keeping you from getting started. No worries, here are ten MacGyver-ish ways to freshen your home with minimal effort.
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Investigations have exposed a series of failures and weaknesses throughout the airline industry in dealing with mental illness among pilots.
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Three persons including a government official, were today taken into custody for allegedly taking bribe by the Anti-Corruption-Branch (ACB), the first arrests related to any complaint made on the newly launched anti-graft helpline in Delhi. - Source
