Our happiest years come in retirement and decades after the age of 70.
If your carefree youth is a distant memory and you’re entering middle age with a sense of gloom . . . cheer up. The happiest time of your life is probably yet to come.
Continue reading… “People are Happiest After Age 70 and Don’t Become Grumpy with Old Age”
The best use of money as a motivator is to pay people enough to take the issue of money off the table, so that people can focus on the work rather than on the cash.
The best use of money as a motivator can be to pay people enough to take the issue off the table.
After more than 200 years of sharing a common language, the United States and Great Britain now share a common predicament.
The Motor City’s engine is dying. Detroit’s population shrank by more than 25% in the last decade, according to Census statistics reported in the New York Times. The city’s population fell to 713,777 in 2010, a drop of almost 240,000 residents. That’s 100,000 more than Katrina-ravaged New Orleans lost.
Continue reading… “Detroit’s Population Shrank 25% in Last Decade”
Researchers have shown that the sensation of an itch can be caught visually in the same way as yawning.
It is a phenomenon that can leave entire rooms full of people scratching at the merest mention of fleas or lice. Now scientists have proven for the first time that itching really can be contagious.
If winds continue to pick up at the same rate, hurricanes could become far more damaging by the middle of the century.
The world is getting breezier, according to a new study, which found a slow but steady increase in top wind speeds across the oceans over the last 23 years.
Continue reading… “The World is Getting Windier and the Waves Higher”
Where are all the nuclear power plants?
At Nature blogs, Declan Butler has put together a really info-dense mapping of the world’s nuclear power plants, using Google Earth. Nifty stuff for anybody whose interest in nuclear power has gone up significantly in recent weeks…
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California patients wait for assistance at a marijuana dispensary.
It is called a lot of things: grass, pot, Mary Jane, wacky weed. Now, researchers are suggesting a new moniker for marijuana: alternative investment.
Continue reading… “Legal Pot is Sound Business at $1.7 Billion and Growing”
Artificial dyes in food are not just limited to candy.
Push a cart down a supermarket aisle, and you’ll pass a kaleidoscope of color. The use of artificial dyes by foodmakers is up by half since 1990, and it’s not limited to candy. The list of foods made pretty by chemicals now includes pickles, bagels and port wine cheese balls.
Continue reading… “Food Dye’s May be Linked to Hyperactivity in Children”
A new rodent living in treetops was discovered recently in the Atlantic Forest, one of Brazil’s most-ravaged ecosystems, according to a report.
The foot-long creature, referred to as a white-spotted mountain rat or “Drymoreomys albimaculatus,” lives at an altitude of 1,000 meters in mountain ranges in southeast Brazil, biologist Alexandre Percequillo told Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper…
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Dependence on Mom and Dad prepares them to be successful adults.
Generation Y is often thought of as a slacker group of young adults who have failed to launch, delaying real careers and families until later in life. But new research suggests their heavy dependence on Mom and Dad might ultimately prepare them to be successful adults.
Continue reading… “Gen Y Just Slow Starters, Not Slackers: Study”
Frequent churchgoers frequently fatter.
An inactive lifestyle, watching TV and eating too many fatty foods are all to blame for many Americans being overweight and obese. We may have to add religion to that list.
Continue reading… “Obesity Rates Higher Among Church-goers”
Internet piracy is on the decline in the U.S., according to new research from NPD Group.
The percentage of the U.S. Internet population using a P2P file-sharing service to download music has decreased from 16% (28 million users) at the end of 2007, to 9% (16 million users) in the fourth quarter of 2010 — the very quarter that LimeWire was forced to shut down its file-sharing service. In the quarter previous, a federal judge ruled against LimeWire in a copyright infringement case versus the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)…
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By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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