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.
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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.
Women could have womb transplants as early as next year.
Womb transplants that would allow childless women to have babies could be available as early as next year, a leading researcher said last night.
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These are the 3 countries that still do not use the metric system.
As a reminder, these are the three countries who don’t use the incredibly sensible metric system: Liberia, Myanmar and of course, the United States of America. U-S-A! U-S-A!
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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.
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Excentricity
It’s like something straight out of the mind of Tim “The Toolman” Taylor … but German. This is hands-down the craziest road vehicle we’ve seen in a long, long time.
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Aerial photography
When it comes to inspiration then there is no limitation on resources. Aerial photography is one of the key sources of inspiration. For those who don’t know what is “Aerial view” or “Bird’s-eye view” in terms of photography then aerial view defined as a view of an object from above, as though the observer were a bird.
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.
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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.
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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.
‘Blackberry thumb’
Tennis elbow, writer’s block and even athlete’s foot are problems than can cause considerable discomfort and more than a little embarrassment. Adding to the list of potential health hazards, the widespread use of hand-held devices at work has spawned a new condition.
The 110-million-year-old dinosaur fossil found in Canada’s oil sands.
The Canadian oil sands, a vast expanse of tar and sand being mined for crude oil, yielded treasure of another kind this week when an oil company worker unearthed a 110-million-year-old dinosaur fossil that wasn’t supposed to be there.
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