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Better to Be Right than Happy?

19/12/2013

Doctors see many couples who lead unnecessarily stressful lives by wanting to be right rather than happy....

Fighting Festive Flab

18/12/2013

A daily bout of exercise generates vast physiological benefits even when you consume thousands of calories more than you are burning...

Pearls Negras : Favela Flava

17/12/2013

Fast, aggressive hip hop beats matching their aggressively charged performances. Pearls Negras bite back at the favela that birthed them....

Getting Blind on Jailhouse Wine

16/12/2013

Went to a party in the county jail, threw my spleen up in a rusty pail....

Mathematical Models to Avoid Conflict

15/12/2013

The findings show that this mathematical formula of the form AB-C is a valuable tool that can be applied to make quantitative predictions concerning future attacks in a given confrontation. ...

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The Ideal Height for Altitude Training

13/12/2013

These findings suggest that there's a defined window for altitude living—between 2000 and 2500 meters—that can improve sea level performance in competitive runners....

Trauma Footage Causes Stress Flashbacks

12/12/2013

Acute stress symptoms increased with each additional hour of bombing-related media exposure via television, social media, videos, print or radio....

David Lynch : Remixes

10/12/2013

Sitting alongside brand new tracks and previously unreleased instrumental versions are a slew of stunning remixes from the varied likes of Bastille, Hot Since 82, Venetian Snares and Bjorn Yttling...

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Tonguetwisters twist the thoughts too

09/12/2013

Tongue twisters are not just fun to say; it turns out that these sound-related slip-ups can also open windows into the brain's speech-planning processes. ...

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Valley Girls : Is This a Question?

08/12/2013

Uptalk is a part of southern California English that transcends gender boundaries, and several other boundaries as well...

Sex Sells. But not to Women. Unless it’s Expensive.

07/12/2013

Women tend to find ads with sexual imagery off-putting, unless the advertised item is priced high enough....

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Thermionic Generators, Frictionless Energy

05/12/2013

Thermionic generators use the temperature difference between a hot and a cold metallic plate to create electricity....

Facebook Makes Girls Feel Fat

04/12/2013

"Appearance exposure" on the Internet has been linked to body image disturbance among adolescent girls....

A picutre of Wembley Stadium by Carl Byron Batson

Shake it or lob it? The Caxirola

02/12/2013

For the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, organizers have introduced the maraca-like caxirola as the official instrument of the event. ...

Sexual Frustration = Early Death

01/12/2013

'Expecting sex without any sexual reward was detrimental to their health and cut their lives short.' At least they don't get into fights....

Marriage? Trust Your Gut (Not Tinder)

30/11/2013

"If they can sense that their gut is telling them that there is a problem, then they might benefit from exploring that, maybe even with a professional marriage counselor."...

Killer Australian Beaches. Not in a Good Way.

29/11/2013

Rip currents claim more lives in Australia on average each year than bushfires, floods, cyclones and sharks combined. But probably fewer than funnelwebs, crocs, snakes r disgruntled 'Bra Boys....

A picture of a washing machine drum by Freedigitalphotos/Darren Robertson

Spindoctors. The Hypnosis of Whirling Dervishes

27/11/2013

'it was the presence of a Coriolis force that was essential in the formation of the different patterns'...

Sport Will Kill Ya

24/11/2013

Too much weekly sport seems to be as bad as too little for teen wellbeing....

A pictue of hedgewars by Aalto University

Gaming makes you samey.

23/11/2013

'the more competitive the gaming gets, the more in sync are the emotional responses of the players'. Computer game research suggests gameplayers become more like each other....