Six months after an admittedly disastrous rollout of the Affordable Care Act (aka ACA or ObamaCare) and its national health exchange Web site, the ACA's fortunes appear to have had a stunning turnaround.

According to research done by scientists at the Mayo Clinic and other institutions, excessive sitting – particularly at the office, where millions of Americans sit for more than 5½ hours per day – may be the culprit behind elevated levels of obesity, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and certain cancers. So reports Smithsonian Mag.

It's no secret that hundreds of thousands – even millions – of jobs were lost during the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. So reports MSN Money.