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06 Oct 2009 21:14

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Biz: Fewer employers punishing workers for skipping out on work

  • 15% of employers fired workers for playing hooky this year source
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16 Sep 2009 20:53

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Offbeat: Who’s the first president? Oklahoma kids have all the wrong answers

  • 75% of kids didn’t know Abe Lincoln was the first president source
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12 Sep 2009 13:30

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Tech: The age barrier to cell phone mass adoption? 13 years old

  • 52% of kids between the ages of 12-13 own a cell phone source
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21 Aug 2009 10:18

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U.S.: One study sez the public option is still lookin’ kinda hawt

  • 77% support the public option, sez a SurveyUSA study source
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30 Jul 2009 11:12

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Offbeat: Bring back naptime: A good chunk of people get midday rest

  • 1/3 of people take naps on a daily basis, sez this study source
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30 Jul 2009 10:09

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U.S.: Rich people can officially stop shopping at Whole Foods

A study concludes that the biggest benefit to eating organic is your sense of self-fulfillment. Health benefits? Not really there. source
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27 Jul 2009 11:13

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Offbeat: Stupid study of the day: Women are getting hotter, guys

  • A researcher found that beautiful women tended to have 16% more children than less attractive women, facilitating the birth of increasingly more attractive women. Creepiest part: Photos were used in research. source
  • Also according to the story, it doesn’t matter how attractive a man is – it doesn’t seem to have any sort of effect on how attractive their kids are. So ugly dudes, don’t give up hope: Your kid could still be the next Brad Pitt! source
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15 Jul 2009 13:52

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World: What the Daily Telegraph is telling its readers, in a nutshell

  • Really, just forget everything we said. Women who drink booze are more likely to get raped…um, never mind. Women who dress “provocatively” are more likely to get raped…er, scratch that. Actually, remember everything we wrote in that article June 23? Yeah, we figured you would. Now you can go ahead and forget it all, wasn’t filled with a lot of “truthiness”…sorry. source
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12 Jul 2009 18:14

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Offbeat, World: What the $%#@? Experiment shows swearing reduces pain

  • Another reason to love scientists. Researchers at Keele University in England are saying they’ve shown swearing can actually lessen pain. They asked participants to put their hands in iced water and say either one of five swear words or one of five words to “describe a table.” As you may have guessed, the cussers kept their hands in longer – because the words brought on a “fight-or-flight” response, accelerated their heart rate and heightened aggression. source
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26 Apr 2009 22:22

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U.S.: Cut cholesterol and keep your prostate cancer-free, all at once!

  • Researchers say statin drugs help old dudes in more ways than one. In a test of 2,447 older men, research showed that just 6% of all men using statin drugs, already shown to help prevent heart disease, got prostrate cancer. On the other hand, those who didn’t take statin drugs were three times more likely to get it. The rates are still preliminary, and more testing will be needed to confirm the claims, but hooray for research! source
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