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Happiness Is Genetic!
Money may not buy you happiness, but according to new research, genetics might be able to … if you’re a woman. A new study has isolated a gene that researchers believe is related to happiness in women....
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Math Really Does Hurt!
The brain registers the anticipation of math — but crucially, not math itself — as physical pain. PROBLEM: I’m not one for self-diagnosis, but judging from my dread of calculating tips and my avoidance...
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Students Who Binge-drink Are Happier
Note to all my college-student friends: Binge drinking is bad for you. Don’t do it. But new research presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in Denver this week comes...
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1/4 of Japanese Men Ages 30 to 34 Are Still Virgins
The Japanese weekly Playboy magazine reported in its latest edition that according to a study done by the Japanese Institute of Population and Social Security Research almost one in four Japanese men...
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Once Upon A Time, Humans Had Gills
Why do we hiccup? It’s a question that has vexed great minds for millennia and now, at long last, an international team may have come up with the answer. Hiccups are sudden contractions of the muscles...
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PETA’s Not As Nice As You Think
The organization, which claims to be dedicated to the cause of animal rights, can’t explain why its adoption rate is only 2.5 percent for dogs. In 2011, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals...
View ArticleThe FBI Now Has Access To Of All Your E-Mails!
The FBI records the emails of nearly all US citizens, including members of congress, according to NSA whistleblower William Binney. In an interview with RT, he warned that the government can use this...
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The Month In Which You’re Born Affects Your Life Experience!
Babies born in August – and are more likely to have a tough time at school. They are 20 per cent less likely to go to a leading university compared with friends born in September. And kids born in...
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Meditation Can Improve Your Life!
MEDITATION and mindfulness: the words conjure images of yoga retreats and Buddhist monks. But perhaps they should evoke a very different picture: a man in a deerstalker, puffing away at a curved pipe,...
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Happy People Make More Money
It’s a common conception that money can buy happiness. But a study published this November in the journal Proceedings from the National Academy of Sciences suggests the opposite could be true:...
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High Heels Were Originally Made For Men
For generations they have signified femininity and glamour – but a pair of high heels was once an essential accessory for men. Beautiful, provocative, sexy – high heels may be all these things and...
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Mixing Alcohol and Diet Soda Can Make You Drunker!
Looking to cut back on the calories in your cocktail by mixing, say, diet soda and rum? Well, get ready for the buzz. According to the results of a new study, this combination will leave you drunker...
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Some People Have The Ability To Literally “See” Music
From time to time Dr. Oliver Sacks is haunted by musical symbols: notes, clefs, staffs and bar lines all fly by his eyes uninvited and in rapid succession. The celebrated neuroscientist can “see” the...
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Conservative? High IQ? Gay? Facebook likes reveal traits (VIDEO)
New research analyzing the “likes” of nearly 60,000 Facebook users found that a person’s race, gender, political views, religion and even sexual orientations could be identified with a high degree of...
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First Initial “D” Means Shorter Life Expectancy
People with the first initial “D” have the shortest life expectancy. Psychologists at Wayne State University looked at the life spans of 10,000 doctors, lawyers and athletes born between 1870 and 1930...
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Bad Driving Is Genetic
Bad drivers may in part have their genes to blame, suggests a new study by UC Irvine neuroscientists. People with a particular gene variant performed more than 20 percent worse on a driving test than...
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Doodling Helps You Pay Attention
A lot of people hate doodlers, those who idly scribble during meetings (or classes or trials or whatever). Most people also hate that other closely related species: the fidgeter, who spins pens or...
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Homework Has Little Academic Value
New research has found that homework is of little value to primary school children, and students are regularly given too much. Australian academics Richard Walker and Mike Horsley’s new book Reforming...
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People Love Bad News
Many of us frequently complain about the negativity of the news, particularly now in the economic downturn. The conga line of bruising news blankets consumers in a headline bombardment that is probably...
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6 Surprising Facts You Didn’t Know About Airplane Crashes
It hasn’t been a good week for airlines. Or for airline passengers. A day after Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashed at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, killing two people and injuring...
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