How iPads are turning young eyes old before their time by making us forget to blink

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2123069/How-iPads-turning-young-eyes-old-time-making-forget-blink.html By Jenny Hope PUBLISHED: 17:47 EST, 30 March 2012 | UPDATED: 17:51 EST, 30 March 2012 ncreasing dependence on iPads, computers and smartphones has left many young people with an eye problem that usually affects those much older. Millions are developing ‘dry eye’, a condition that results in gritty, itchy, inflamed eyes, thanks to […]

Putin targets foes with ‘zombie’ gun which attack victims’ central nervous system

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2123415/Putin-targets-foes-zombie-gun-attack-victims-central-nervous-system.html Could be used against Russia’s enemies and perhaps its own dissidents By Christopher Leake and Will Stewart Mind-bending ‘psychotronic’ guns that can effectively turn people into zombies have been given the go-ahead by Russian president Vladimir Putin. The futuristic weapons – which will attack the central nervous system of their victims – are being […]

Mother facing 20 days in jail because she baptised her two children

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2123249/Mother-facing-20-days-jail-baptised-children.html By Laura Cox PUBLISHED: 11:01 EST, 31 March 2012 | UPDATED: 11:50 EST, 31 March 2012 A mom-of-two could be facing with a prison sentence for illegally baptising her children. Lauren Jarrell must answer to contempt-of-court charges after she went behind her ex-husband’s back to baptise their children at the Independent Presbyterian church. Both […]

Cult of the ‘Holy Death’: Eight arrested in Mexico after woman and two 10-year-old boys are ‘ritually sacrificed’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2123207/Eight-people-Holy-Death-cult-arrested-Mexico-ritual-sacrifices-woman-10-year-old-boys.html The victims blood was found poured round an altar to an idol dressed in robes  Pagan/Catholic cult now has two million members By Paul Milligan PUBLISHED: 08:54 EST, 31 March 2012 | UPDATED: 09:05 EST, 31 March 2012 Eight people have been arrested in northern Mexico have over the killing of two 10-year-old boys […]

Could bacteria cause Obsessive Compulsive Disorder symptoms? Mental health group investigates possible link

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2122188/Could-bacteria-cause-Obsessive-Compulsive-Disorder–Mental-health-group-launches-study.html Study will look for link between Streptococcus bacteria and OCD By Phil Vinter PUBLISHED: 09:39 EST, 29 March 2012 | UPDATED: 12:13 EST, 29 March 2012 David Beckham and Paul Gascoigne are just two of the 1.2 million British people who suffer from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) which leaves those afflicted neurotically obsessed about […]

A speed boost for the whole web? Microsoft and Google working on new technology that will ‘supercharge’ every site

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2122138/Battle-speed-world-wide-web-Microsoft-Google-lock-horns-successor-HTTP.html Update to ‘HTTP’ protocol which underlies the web Ageing technology has underpinnned sites for 15 years Google and Microsoft creating new technologies to speed up web ‘We need to make browsing much faster’ – Microsoft Microsoft wants to speed up apps as well as browsers By Rob Waugh PUBLISHED: 07:25 EST, 29 March 2012 […]

U.S.’s lifetime cost of F-35 fighter $1.45 TRILLION

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2122451/U-S-s-lifetime-cost-F-35-fighter-1-45-TRILLION.html By Reuters Reporter PUBLISHED: 16:33 EST, 29 March 2012 | UPDATED: 16:33 EST, 29 March 2012 The U.S. government now projects that the total cost to develop, buy and operate the Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will be $1.45trillion over the next 50-plus years, according to a Pentagon document obtained by Reuters. […]

One in 88 U.S children now have autism (but is rise a result of wider screening and expanding definition of disorder?)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2122335/One-88-children-autism-United-States.html By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 14:45 EST, 29 March 2012 | UPDATED: 17:24 EST, 29 March 2012 Autism cases appear to be on the rise again in the United States, but experts say the country’s highest ever rate could be a result of wider screening and the disorder’s expanding definition. The rate of U.S. […]

20 per cent of America’s working age men are unemployed

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2121402/They-prime-lives–working-age-men-unemployed.html By Laura Cox PUBLISHED: 00:32 EST, 28 March 2012 | UPDATED: 00:52 EST, 28 March 2012 It makes for sobering reading. In recent months the job market looked to be on the rise, offering hope that the economy might finally be getting back on track. But data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows […]

Could swine flu vaccine cause narcolepsy? Scientists probe link between drug and increase in cases

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2121781/Could-swine-flu-vaccine-cause-narcolepsy-Scientists-probe-link-drug-increase-cases.html By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 16:35 EST, 28 March 2012 | UPDATED: 16:35 EST, 28 March 2012 Swine flu vaccine may have been responsible for a sudden increase in cases of narcolepsy among schoolchildren in Finland, a study has found. The sleep disorder is characterised by periods of extreme drowsiness, sudden naps, and paralysis […]