In his hard hitting newJournal, acontinuation of his series of journals about the economy,Whitley talks about a little-known aspect of the economythat could have a BIG impact! Will we ever learn?Also read the reaction of a legendary Wall Street columnist in ourInsight Section.
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Can a classroom give you cancer? If it contains radiation left over from 100-year-old scientific experiments, it can.
Ernest Rutherford was the first scientist to split the atom?and he may have been indirectly responsible for killing 4 people at a university in the UK.
The building was never tested for radiation and in 1972 it was transferred to the psychology department. In the Wednesday, September 24 edition of the Independent, Jonathan Brown reports that after the 4th person who used the room died of cancer recently, his family claimed this was “more than a coincidence.”
Marie Curie, who discovered radium, died from leukemia in 1934 and her notebooks are STILL too dangerous to be touched. Rutherford died in 1937, at age 66.
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Or is it inborn?or BOTH? – Researchers have defined 5 basic components of personality: extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism and openness to new ideas and experiences (and love of pets?) These can be measured with questionnaires.
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According to a new study, roughly 86% of Americans age 18 and older may be overweight or obese by 2030 and related health care costs would double every decade and could reach $956.9 billion in 2030?1 of every 6 health care dollars spent. The study also estimates that by 2022, about 80% of adults may be overweight or obese, and 100% could be by 2048. But the prevalence will reach 100% a in black women a decade earlier?by 2034. Black girls and Mexican-American boys are especially vulnerable: four in 10 may become overweight or obese by 2030, and half by 2050.
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