Friday, December 23, 2011
Be careful out there… Look, no hands! Italian driver caught on two phones Train kills man listening to music while walking on tracks Tweet (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = “//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1″; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, “script”, “facebook-jssdk”));
Friday, September 4, 2009
Tom Jacobs of Miller-McCune reports: New research finds those who feel a strong connection to the natural world have a more caring attitude toward others… “Together, these findings suggest that full contact with nature can have humanizing effects,” the researchers conclude. “Our results suggest that, to the extent our links with nature are disrupted, we may also lose [...]
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Adam Gorlick of the Stanford Report writes: Attention, multitaskers (if you can pay attention, that is): Your brain may be in trouble. People who are regularly bombarded with several streams of electronic information do not pay attention, control their memory or switch from one job to another as well as those who prefer to complete [...]
Hi-Tech Addictions and Driving My home state of Virginia has banned texting while driving as William Flook of the Washington Examiner reports. However, some are disappointed that apparently a driver cannot be pulled over just for texting: Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine signed into law on Monday legislation to ban text-messaging while driving… Under Virginia’s ban, [...]
Breitbart.com reports: Too much time spent on the Internet is causing increasing friction between couples in Ireland, a marriage counselling service said Friday. Some seven percent of couples seen by ACCORD, the Catholic Church’s marriage care service, say too much time spent in cyberspace by one partner is their main problem…. See Also: Jennifer Aniston [...]