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...University of Sydney, reports some statistics about how much time kids spend staring at small screens, he draws in his audience with, "Pretty scary, isn't it?" After suggesting that a proportion of children are already on their way to developing diseases for which obesity is a risk factor, he observes that "we're sick and we're getting sicker." And in case anyone's less concerned with deteriorating health than with its costs, Booth warns that if governments don't get serious about obesity and corpulent teenagers don't make changes to their lifestyles, the nation's health system...
...eating ice cream makes people happier than eating yogurt or chocolate. Another drawback of scanners: lying in one is hardly a natural environment to watch TV or spot brands. But anticipated smaller versions that let subjects sit up under contraptions that resemble salon hair dryers should increase the comfort factor...
...sure if tragedies like this change you or bring out more of who you are. I've always believed in free will, that we are the masters of our beings. But clearly this has to be a factor in the way I analyze the world, the way I think about the world and try to make the world a better place. And of course it heightens your sense of vulnerability - and of interconnectedness...
When the Supreme Court reconvenes next month, the justices will take on the case against integration policies in Louisville and Seattle. Both cities, in an effort to overcome residential self-segregation, use race as a factor in assigning students to public schools. Parents of white students have complained that these practices discriminate against their children...
...They might all be factually proven, but that doesn't make them meaningful policy fodder. For instance, classroom windows. Studies have found that math scores improve when classrooms have windows - especially if the window looks out on verdant lawns. This is no meaningless improvement; it's as powerful a factor as whether computers are in the classroom. In one Fresno, Calif., study it even mattered which direction the windows were facing! (Facing east was best). But we'll never see two politicians on Meet the Press arguing over window-installation appropriations...