In honor of the recently unveiled 3G iPhone, Sahlgren’s Academy in Gothenburg, Sweden brings us a study on the disruption excessive cell phone use can cause to teenagers.

According to the results, when compared to subjects with restricted use of cell phones, young people with excessive use of cell phones (both talking and text messaging) have increased restlessness with more careless lifestyles, more consumption of stimulating beverages, difficulty in falling asleep and disrupted sleep, and more susceptibility to stress and fatigue. They behave more like larks than owls, suggesting a delayed biological clock.

I’ve been thinking about this for a little bit since I posted the article and I wonder if this study could computers as a larger problem. We, especially the three of us, have an insatiable desire to… well… know everything. And to take it a step farther, I want to read a piece of science news before you guys. Yes, I know this sounds competitive and petty, but I hate the feeling of “why the hell did I know about that?”. We are in a world filled with instant information and our hungry little minds can’t help but wonder what will be on the front page of NYTimes or the latest post of Pharyngula.

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