Category: Living
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Congratulations! You are NOT going to become a dad!
Modern people.Anxious to buy a dog.Disgusted to the idea of having a child. How times have changed. In the old "dark" times Kings begged for a child to pass over empires. In today's "enlightened" times ordinary people kill children because they wish to go to Starbucks alone. In the old days one would rejoice to…
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Cognitive ability. Longevity.
Investigators at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research discovered dozens of new genetic variations associated with a person's general cognitive ability. The findings, which were published online today in Cell Reports, have the potential to help researchers develop more targeted treatment for cognitive and memory disorders. "For the first time, we were able to use…
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Why be nice?
Kindness and selflessness are widespread among both humans and animals. Many people donate to charity and feel significantly happier as a direct result of doing so. In the animal kingdom, many species show kindness by refraining from violence when settling conflicts. Instead they may use comparatively harmless fighting conventions. The benefits gained from receiving kindness…
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OCD. Living. Loving. Dying.
No one knows what drives people with obsessive-compulsive disorder to do what they do, even when they're aware that they shouldn't do it, and when it interferes with normal life. That lack of understanding means about half can't find effective treatment. But a new analysis of brain scans from hundreds of people with OCD, and…
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The secret of happiness. Known already for thousands of years…
“A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness,” wrote Einstein in German on a piece of hotel stationery which was sold for millions of dollars in an auction last year. (1) But this is not news. A calm and modest life was always promoted by wise…
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