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It's Oktober: I'll Drink To That!
Oktoberfest iStockphoto A group of college students at Rice University are taking their favorite pastime and turning it into a research project. Their passion? Beer. Their project? Inventing a brew...
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Green Collar Jobs
Green Jobs iStockphoto The economy is down and global warming is up. Instead of tackling the two problems individually, some lawmakers are looking to link the two activities together in what is...
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Purchase a Lovely New Home On...Mars?
Mars 'Burbs BaarbarianBuzz Aldrin is fondly remembered as the second man to ever step foot on the moon, after his more famous compatriot Neil Armstrong. The former astronaut, now 78, is back in the...
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Marathon On Ice
Netherlands Stamp iStockPhoto Ahhh, marathon Sunday. Pull on the spandex, pack up the Gu, and…strap on your ice skates? This is marathon-ing, Dutch-style. Since 1909, the Dutch have taken wildly to...
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Was That A Burger That Just Flashed By?...Mmm, I'm Hungry
channel change iStockPhoto Thanks to the glorious invention of television recording devices, like TiVo and DVR, boob tube connoisseurs can watch their favorite shows and fast-forward through all those...
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"Don't Smoke, Don't Drink, and Be Home By 11"
GPA iStockPhoto Mom always knows best, and now there's scientific research to back her up. A recent study at the University of Minnesota show a direct correlation between certain negative...
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Knock Knock: Who's Funnier? Republicans or Democrats?
Stand Up Mic iStockPhoto If a man walks into a bar….who laughs? Liberals or conservatives? Dan Ariely, a psychologist at Duke University, and Elisabeth Malin, a student at Mount Holyoke College,...
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Don't Blame the Baby for Your Belly
Socks and Scale iStockPhoto The stereotype of pregnant women experiencing bizarre cravings has long had people believing that all expectant mothers go a little crazy when it comes to food and drink...
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Get Over Yourself!
Center of Attention iStockPhoto There is no denying we humans are obsessed with real estate. We always like to think we've landed ourselves a prime piece of land to settle on, and that outlook extends...
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Presenting: Cro-Magnon v. Neanderthal in the Battle of Extinction
Neanderthal Extinction iStockPhoto Back in pre-historic times, say, 130,000-30,000 years ago, Europe was dominated not by quaint cafes and dainty bakeries, but by a group of not-quite humans called...
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Without The Dope, Your Resolutions May Be Doomed
New Year Resolution iStockPhoto Ah, New Year's. The time for spirited debauchery, reflection on the year gone by, and resolutions for the year to come. On New Year's Day, most people wake up...
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Grab Your Glow Sticks and Ceremonial Robes
Stonehenge for Ravers iStockPhoto Apparently, Rupert Till, an expert in acoustics and music technology at Huddersfield University in northern England, knows where to find a good party. Till took a...
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Put That On Your Trophy Case and Shine It
Neighbor Heads Baarbarian If your son was captain of the high school football team around 2,000 years ago, the mantle in your living room might look something like this: blue ribbon, gold medal,...
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Soot Happens
Snowboard Jump iStockPhoto The bright, pristine slopes are calling your name. You head up to the mountain at sunrise, strap on your skis, and hit the first run. Only, instead of the immaculate white...
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Cheer Up!
Unhappy Man iStockPhoto Overall, how would you say things are these days? Would you say that you are very happy, pretty happy, or not too happy?This is the question participants in the University of...
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Overall, how would you say things are these days? Would you say that you are very happy, pretty happy, or not too happy? This is the question participants in the University of Chicago's General Social...
View ArticleBe Eco-Friendly (Without Exhaust That Smells Like French Fries)
Biofuel is one of today's ecoconscious buzzwords. Recently, however, the most popular biofuels, like corn-based ethanol, are starting to cause their own set of problems. For example, more and more...
View ArticleCaptain Planet, He's Our Hero, Gonna Take Pollution Down to Zero (Sing it, Kids)
On the roster of 1990s cartoons, Captain Planet was definitely towards the top of the list. In the show, which was the world’s first animated eco-cartoon for children, the…
View ArticleSorry Ladies, Those Shots Aren't Sexy
The cliche goes that women spend hours, weeks, years, even entire lifetimes trying to figure out how to land a man. Well, there's one item every lady looking to impress a…
View ArticleDo We Need Non-Fat, Low Cal, Sugar-Free Baby Food?
We've all heard the news: We're getting fat. Americans are inactive, McDonald's-eating smokers with diabetes, right? That's certainly a generalization, but you know what they say. Where there's smoke,...
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