Home » 2011 » November (Page 2)Posted by John Malloy on 11/23/2011
BPA Levels Jump After Eating Canned Soup Adults who ate canned soup daily showed a jump in levels of the plasticizer BPA in their urine, according to a small study. The study of 75 people in Tuesday’s issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association is one of the first to quantify [...]
11/22/2011Read More
When people speak of a “fear of failure,” they are really describing a hazy free-floating malaise and feeling of worry or discontent which induces lethargy and explains lack of effort. This malaise protects us from the anxiety that comes with freedom and taking risks. We tranquilize our lives by limiting the amount of anxiety [...]
11/11/2011Read More
Theres something of a new sunrise in the Arctic this year. And Im not just talking about the spectacularly beautiful event that begins every spring day. The Arctic Sunrise is a ship belonging to Greenpeace, which has done battle in many corners of the world against most things that the organisation detests. [...]
11/06/2011Read More
In my experience, the more people have, the less likely they are to be contented. Indeed, there is abundant evidence that depression is a “disease of affluence,” a disorder of modern life in the industrialized world. People who live in poorer countries have a lower risk of depression than those in industrialized [...]
11/06/2011Read More
BIOLOGISTS have made a lot of progress in understanding ageing. They have not, however, been able to do much about slowing it down. Particular versions of certain genes have been shown to prolong life, but that is no help to those who do not have them. A piece of work reported in [...]
11/06/2011Read More
IT IS another world beyond the roadblocks stopping unauthorised traffic from entering the 20km (12.5-mile) exclusion zone around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. The few people inside are dressed in ghostly white protective suits. Town after town was abandoned after March 11th, and spiders have strung webs across the doorways. An old lady’s [...]
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I got caught in another Kardashians marathon yesterday. It’s shameful, I know. My knowledge of Kardashian show trivia is unfortunately higher than it should be. Let’s be honest, they didn’t exactly get into the spotlight under the most favorable of conditions. The late Robert Kardashian was a lawyer involved in the O.J. Simpson [...]
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Quotations can provide us with insight into understanding ourselves, inspiration for how to achieve greater personal fulfillment, and pointers for achieving our goals. Famous psychologists tend to provide famous quotes, but psychologists don’t have a corner on the market when it comes to providing wisdom and inspiration. I hope you agree that [...]
