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Shocking News — The Average 18-Year-Old Spends More Time Texting Than Sleeping

Jude Walker — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:22:55 +0000

A new study out of Rhode Island reveals that the average 18-year-old girl spends time texting than sleeping!

Setting Our Clocks Ahead an Hour This Weekend Will Cost America $434 Million

Jude Walker — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 13:30:22 +0000

Not only will this weekend’s “spring forward” cost us an hour sleep, apparently it costs the U.S. a lot of money too. According to a new study, losing just that one hour will cost the country $434 million! That number is based on estimated lost productivity and the costs incurred from the increase in heart [...]

You Spend About 23 Days on Your Phone

Jude Walker — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:19:50 +0000

If you’re an average person, your head is bent over piddling on your phone for a total of 23 days a year. (Of course, most of that time is not actually talking on the phone.) This is all according to a recent study that found the average person indeed spends what amounts to nearly all [...]

Study Shows That Men Lie Three Times as Much as Women

Jude Walker — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 11:28:57 +0000

According to a recent study, apparently men lie three times as much as women. (No we don’t!) Results of the survey show that the average man tells a lie about three times a day. Women? How about only one lie a day. Men are less likely to feel guilty about their lies. 23% of men [...]

Study Reveals Commuting to Work May Take Up Way Too Much of Your Day

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:08:26 +0000

Getting a job is tough. Getting to it can be even tougher. A new report by the US Census Bureau has found that 8% of full-time employees – that’s 11 million people — endure commutes of at least 60 minutes and that 600,000 folks with full-time jobs suffer through what is termed a megacommute” that [...]

Twitter Helps Shy Students Take Part in Classroom Discussions Without Saying a Word

Shauna Wright — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:00:35 +0000

Twitter isn’t just a place for news or idle chatter. In fact, a new study reveals the microblogging service could be a powerful tool for educators, too. Southern Cross University in Australia allowed its students to anonymously tweet to their professors during classroom time, and those missives appeared on the professors’ laptops via PowerPoint. What [...]

Kevin and Mandy, Least Attractive Names; Jacob and Charlotte, Most Attractive

Jude Walker — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:30:54 +0000

The good folks at Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany didn’t have anything better to do so they went to researching the least and most attractive names. Psychologists at the university ran a test on more than 47,000 people dating online to get their reactions just to people’s names. No photos or background info, just names. [...]