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Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is! – Anne Frank

Backslap or Backstab – How Conflict Varies by Gender

Study shows men follow up conflict with friendly gestures more than women...

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Uncoupled Forever. The Science of Single Life

Single people have richer social lives, more psychological growth than married people...

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Nibble More Nuts To Reduce Inflammation

Frequent nut consumption associated with less inflammation ...

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Superefficient Cubic GaN LEDs Get the Green Light

New method for making green LEDs enhances their efficiency and brightness ...

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Smartphone Exercises to Reduce Stress

University of Basel researchers develop Smartphone exercises for a better mood...

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Aphex Fin. Zoologists Reveal the Only Other Animal That Can Keep a Beat

Ronan the sea-lion: Best beat-keeper in the animal kingdom...

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Who Ate All The Pisces? The Benefits of Fish Oil

Why some fat can help or hinder your diet, and your brain...

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Stretch, Spring…. Soap. The Unexpected Danger of Gymnastics

Study links gymnastics equipment with exposure to dangerous flame-retardant chemicals ...

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Ketone Drink : (Yet Another) Perfomance Enhancer for Cyclists

Ketone drink gives competitive cyclists a boost by altering their metabolism ...

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Can You Die From Watching TV?

Excessive daily TV watching may increase risk of death ...

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Should You Trust Your Gut Instinct? What Do Psychologists Say?

Systematic reasoning appears to beat intuition for recognizing emotions in others, study says...

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We Can Think That For You Wholesale: Do Think Tanks Work?

Do think-tanks matter? A UBC professor says 'think again' ...

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Something You Didn’t Know About the Lipstick Index

Cosmetic therapy: The link between makeup and a down economy ...

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Then Wash Your Hands: The Pathogens of Prehistoric Poo

Ancient feces provides earliest evidence of infectious disease being carried on Silk Road ...

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Do You Want Shinier Computer Graphics? You Got ‘Em

UCSD technicians unveil new techniques for creating shiny computer graphics for film, games and TV. Report...

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Are You Depressive, Positive, or Both? Cognitive Bias Explains the Link

Same genes could make us prone to both happiness and depression ...

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Shake Dem Pixels: Sexualization in Video Games Down

Sexualizaton of female video game characters has diminished since the 1990s ...

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High Times, Blue Rinses. Drug Abuse and the Elderly

Many elderly people are receiving and using prescription medications inappropriately ...

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How We Hear (and it’s Not All in the Ear)

Study shows auditory cortex of hearing and deaf people are nearly identical...

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Easier, Faster, Cheaper Carbon Nanotubes. At LAST!

A straightforward route for engineering the properties of single-wall carbon nanotubes...

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Jus’ Like Mamma Used To Make – Garlic Flavours Breast Milk

Garlic aroma found in breast milk ...

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Walloped Millennials: Sports Injuries Increasing in Adolescents

Concussions on the rise for adolescents...

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You Can’t Handle the Truth? The New Censorship

New techniques used to stop journalists covering the news ...

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Boredom Breeds Swivel-Eyed Loons? Existential Ennui and Extremism

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”B/dropcaporedom, it seems, is a contributing cause to political extremism. Evidently, the smartphone age has had its usual inflationary...

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Could Goats be Your Next Pet? Intelligent, Loyal (and Delicious)

Empathy and Need - Could goats become man's best friend? ...

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UAVs: Where We’re Going, We Don’t NEED Humans

Teaching drones about the birds and the bees ...

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Can Japanese Knotweed Land You In Jail? Exeter University Advises Extreme Wariness

Be wary of knotweed advice on the web, researchers warn. ...

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Sugar, Spice and Shrapnel. How Female Terrorists Control Extreme Networks

Study reveals that although women remain under the radar in terrorist organizations, they hold the networks together...

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The Predictably Easy Method of Transporting Illegal Drugs

Black, Hispanic drivers stopped most often, white drivers most likely to have contraband ...

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UK Wildlife Confused By Climate (but unfazed by Brexit)

UK wildlife calendar reshuffled by climate change ...

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