4:23 PM
The US will launch a series of attacks against Syria's government for attacking civilians with chemican weapons--the US will not ask for UN approval and will attack within days:
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/bull20130830-kerry-leaves-no-doubt-u-s-will-attack-syria-within-days-no-un-approval-sought
National Institutes of Health researchers showed that by modifying a single gene the average lifespan of a group of mice increased by 20%, the equivalent of raising human lifespan by 16 years (from 79 to 95):
http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/08/single-gene-change-increases-mouse-lifespan-20
Drinking several cups of coffee daily or getting the equivalent in caffeine reduces the risk of suicide by about 50%. Caffeine can act as a mild antidepressant and past studies have found a lower risk of depressions among coffee drinkers:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/08/several-cups-of-coffee-per-dayor-400-mg.html
Researchers found that the mental load that comes with poverty was the equivalent of losing an entire night's sleep--a mental burden resulting in a loss of 13 IQ points. That is the same IQ loss that alcoholics have compared to non-alcoholics:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/08/poverty-causes-constant-distraction.html
The top state appeals court in New Jersey ruled that people could be prosecuted for sending text messages to drivers if an accident is caused by the driver being distracted by the text message:
http://cir.ca/story/new-jersey-texting-case
For the first time that JD Power split the US into 6 regions, one wireless network ranked #1 in network quality in every region...Verizon:
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/08/30/j-d-power-ranks-verizon-highest-in-network-quality-performance-across-the-u-s/
Google apparently bought WIMM Labs (who released an Android-powered smartwatch in 2011) last year without anyone noticing:
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/08/30/google-reportedly-bought-wimm-labs-last-year-maker-of-android-smartwatches-to-help-its-own-cause/
Amazon is offering 10 free apps today, some of them I've had for awhile and are pretty good:
http://www.androidcentral.com/amazon-appstore-offering-10-apps-free-today
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/bull20130830-kerry-leaves-no-doubt-u-s-will-attack-syria-within-days-no-un-approval-sought
National Institutes of Health researchers showed that by modifying a single gene the average lifespan of a group of mice increased by 20%, the equivalent of raising human lifespan by 16 years (from 79 to 95):
http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/08/single-gene-change-increases-mouse-lifespan-20
Drinking several cups of coffee daily or getting the equivalent in caffeine reduces the risk of suicide by about 50%. Caffeine can act as a mild antidepressant and past studies have found a lower risk of depressions among coffee drinkers:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/08/several-cups-of-coffee-per-dayor-400-mg.html
Researchers found that the mental load that comes with poverty was the equivalent of losing an entire night's sleep--a mental burden resulting in a loss of 13 IQ points. That is the same IQ loss that alcoholics have compared to non-alcoholics:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/08/poverty-causes-constant-distraction.html
The top state appeals court in New Jersey ruled that people could be prosecuted for sending text messages to drivers if an accident is caused by the driver being distracted by the text message:
http://cir.ca/story/new-jersey-texting-case
For the first time that JD Power split the US into 6 regions, one wireless network ranked #1 in network quality in every region...Verizon:
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/08/30/j-d-power-ranks-verizon-highest-in-network-quality-performance-across-the-u-s/
Google apparently bought WIMM Labs (who released an Android-powered smartwatch in 2011) last year without anyone noticing:
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/08/30/google-reportedly-bought-wimm-labs-last-year-maker-of-android-smartwatches-to-help-its-own-cause/
Amazon is offering 10 free apps today, some of them I've had for awhile and are pretty good:
http://www.androidcentral.com/amazon-appstore-offering-10-apps-free-today