Laughter’s Been His Best Medicine
David Granirer has a theory on life that he has come by honestly: “Life is really all about realizing that possibilities don’t always present themselves in the way you think they should. But if you’re listening, and you’re awake enough to the opportunities, you can find them in a lot of places.” For the Vancouver [...]
What The Brain Values May Not Be What It Buys
It’s no wonder attractive human faces are everywhere in media and advertising – when we see those faces, our brains are constantly computing how much the experiences are worth to us. New brain-imaging research shows it’s even possible to predict how much people might be willing to pay for a particular face. Researchers at Duke [...]
Ancient Egyptians Lived Like Gods On “Junk Food” – Study Finds
The artery-clogging food and drink habitually consumed by the kings and queens of ancient Egypt would be classified as ‘junk food’ by contemporary standards and certainly guaranteed an early death rather than immortality, British scientists have found. Bountiful banquets offered to the gods and eaten by Egyptian priests and their families were laden with saturated [...]
Exciting Conditions
Well, we cannot deny the fact that betting goes back to the beginning of time. And for a long period of time, people have been enticed by mysterious things, perplexing conditions or just adore taking a guess about the results of random things. Even before the world of technology came into existence, betting is already [...]
Will Turning Vegetarian Save The Planet?
The numbers look pretty unarguable. So much so that – as a senitive meat-eating, trying-hard green – I have to ask if Safran Foer is being too soft: can any meat-eater at all call themselves an environmentalist? Livestock agriculture produces more greenhouse gas emissions than every train, truck, car and aeroplane put together. The resources [...]
5 Things That Will Make You Happier
The pursuit of happiness is sometimes easier said than done. Some scientists have argued that happiness is largely determined by genetics, health and other factors mostly outside of our control. But recent research suggests people actually can take charge of their own happiness and boost it through certain practices. “The billion-dollar question is, is it [...]
A Smile A Day Can Keep Heart Diseases At Bay
Laughter is the best medicine’, goes the popular phrase. Doctors, health experts and professionals in high-stress jobs are now realizing the truth behind this old adage. The link that doctors have always suspected has finally been confirmed — the connection between the state of one’s mind and the state of one’s heart. Well-adjusted, optimistic, happy [...]
Hunting Ground
It is actually healthy for an individual to keep a small list of potential future partners, but it doesn’t mean that you need to be like them. Hence, it means, until you find the one you truly want, don’t focus all of your attention on one person. Having more than one choice is good, because [...]
Environmentalist Promotes Cooking Meals Using Sun
For Peter Morehead, cooking a meal does not require the use of natural gas. Sunlight is good enough. Morehead, who first came to Taiwan in 1990 from Wisconsin as an exchange student, has been teaching Taiwanese how to cook with what he calls a “solar cooker.” The solar cooker can be as simple as a [...]
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