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Astronomer Says Confirmation of Alien Life Is Only 40 Years Away

Mike Adams — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 20:53:56 +0000

Aliens have long been major players in science fiction and pop culture, but according to the Queen’s astronomer, Lord Martin Rees, scientists are now within 40 years of actually confirming their (non-fictional) existence. At a speech last night to honor the renowned physicist Stephen Hawking’s new show, ‘Grand Design,’ Rees said that not only did he [...]

New Research Reveals That Bullying in the Workplace Is On the Rise

Mike Adams — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:44:07 +0000

Almost everyone has encountered that one co-worker who would rather spend every ticking second of an eight-hour workday telling you how to do your job rather that minding their own business and focusing on their own work. That person is called the workplace bully, and according to new research, he is rearing its ugly head [...]

Shocking New Study Finds Cutting Calories May Not Mean You Will Live Longer

Mike Adams — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:36:40 +0000

If you are one of those health nuts who has been counting and cutting calories under the preconceived notion that living on a Third World country starvation diet is the key to achieving longer life – man, do we have some news for you. A recent food restriction study, which researchers says took over [...]

New Research Reveals That Obesity Can Actually Drive You Crazy

Mike Adams — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:49:49 +0000

Most of us are fully aware that obesity causes all sorts of health problems including diabetes and high blood pressure, but now shocking new research shows that being overweight can actually lead to insanity. A research team consisting of staff from INSERM, the French research institute in Paris and University College London in England, discovered [...]

Science Proves It's Not Your Fault You Need a Nap After Nookie

Shauna Wright — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:00:18 +0000

Next time your wife or girlfriend (or paid companion) complains that you fall asleep right after sex instead of engaging in hours of after-glow pillow talk, tell her it’s not your fault — and you can back it up with science.

Can Eating Out Make Your Significant Other Jealous?

Mike Adams — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:54:45 +0000

It is not uncommon for two people that were once romantically involved with one another to get together as friends for the occasional lunch date as a means for catching up. However, a new study suggests that breaking bread with an ex is more likely to expose the jealous bones of your current love interest [...]

Are Men Happier When They Do Their Share of Housework?

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:29:41 +0000

Men might occasionally groan when asked to do household chores, but, if you can believe it, doing their part around the house might actually make men happier. Researchers at Cambridge University looked into the division of domestic labor among the sexes. They expected to find that in arrangements in which men did their share of the chores [...]

New Research Reveals Unemployment Is Bad for Your Health

Mike Adams — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 17:43:03 +0000

It seems that there might be a correlation between long-term unemployment and poor health. According to the recent Gallup Healthy Behaviors index, unemployed Americans are reportedly less likely to practice good health habits than those who are employed full- or part-time and those who are not in the workforce at all. The unemployed checked in [...]

Are Morning People Happier Than Night Owls?

Shauna Wright — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:30:53 +0000

Turns out those chirpy morning people really are happier than night owls — a new study says that as we get older, we tend to shift to more of a daytime schedule, and that it makes us more cheerful people overall. Researchers at the University of Toronto studied two populations of adults. One group was [...]

Study Finds Autistic Kids Have Too Many Brain Cells — Health Check

Shauna Wright — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:22:34 +0000

New research finds autistic children’s brains have far more neurons in the prefrontal cortex than those of kids who don’t have the disease. Study author Eric Courchesne, a professor of neurosciences at the University of California’s San Diego School of Medicine and director of the Autism Center of Excellence, said, “For the first time, we [...]

Study Finds Poorer People Order Larger Food Sizes to Feel More Important

Shauna Wright — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:20:04 +0000

Researchers from the French business school École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Paris and Illinois’ Northwestern University might have discovered a reason that poorer people tend to eat larger portions of food.

Can a Pill Turn Sweat Into Perfume?

Kathy Landin — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:00:34 +0000

Feeling stinky, but don’t like to spritz? An artist in Amsterdam is working on a pill that, when taken, would release perfume with your sweat.

Lucy McRae calls her invention Swallowable Parfum and says she’s mainly trying to change the way people think, not the way they smell.

Arizona Professor Banned from McDonald's, Found Disease-Causing Bacteria [VIDEO]

Kathy Landin — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:00:03 +0000

A university professor in Arizona has been banned from eight McDonald’s restaurants in her area, after she found dangerous bacteria in the children’s play area. On Monday morning, Erin Carr Jordan received a hand-delivered letter from an attorney stating that she was no longer allowed to set foot in the specified McDonald’s restaurants near Phoenix. [...]

Fewer Babies Are Born on Halloween

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:00:32 +0000

Mothers are 11.3 percent less likely to give birth on Halloween than they are on the days before and after the holiday. Researchers from the Yale University School of Public Health found that induced births were down 18.7 percent and C-section births fell 16.9 percent on Halloween. This shouldn’t be that surprising — if given [...]

Study Says Generation Xers Are Actually Happy

Kathy Landin — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:58:32 +0000

The members of Generation X are no longer the melancholy slackers they once thought to be, but are actually a well-balanced and happy group, according to a new report. The Generation X Report is the first in a quarterly series from the University of Michigan’s Longitudinal Study of American Youth. The research includes interviews, questionnaires [...]

Learn Why We Dream in Under Seven Minutes [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:20:58 +0000

This relatively brief video drops a whole lot of knowledge on why we dream, and what’s going on in our brains when we do so. If you’re in college and cramming for a test on oneirology, you may just want to check out this fast lecture. [via BuzzFeed] Read Original: Learn Why We Dream in Under Seven [...]

Study Finds Women Injured More in Car Crashes Than Men

Shauna Wright — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:01:49 +0000

A new study finds women are more likely than men to be injured in automobile accidents, and the culprit may be safety features that are not properly proportioned for them. Researchers reviewed crash data from 1998 through 2008 and discovered that female drivers wearing seatbelts were not only hurt more often than men who wore [...]

Study Shows TV Can Hinder the Development of Children Under 2

Kathy Landin — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:24:44 +0000

Pediatricians and development experts have strongly urged parents, once again, to limit the amount of television their young children watch.

The American Academy of Pediatrics released a recommendation to all parents of children under 2 years old Tuesday. It stressed that any time spent in front of a video screen provides no educational benefits for children under age 2 and can even delay development by leaving less time for important interaction and play.

Study Finds That Being Easily Embarrassed Is a 'Sign of Virtue'

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:25:44 +0000

People who are quick to be moderately embarrassed are more trustworthy, more generous, and more likely to be monogamous, according to a study from the University of California at Berkeley. Researchers videotaped 60 college students telling stories about an embarrassing moment – for example asking an overweight woman if she is pregnant — and then rated the speakers on [...]