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100th commemoration of WWI
Yesterday marked the celebration of 100 years since the eruption of World War I and, while commemoration events were held in several cities, people took the opportunity to reflect on past wars but also on present wars and what their consequences are. In Liege a ... read entire article »Run for your life
The American College of Cardiologists published an experiment which revealed that running from 5 to 10 minutes each day you can significantly increase your life span and, at the same time, reduce risks of getting a heart disease and dying young. Runners have a ... read entire article »No sleep leads to false memories
Sleep deprivation puts its toll on the entire body, including the mind. Moreover, those of us who do not get enough sleeps throughout the night are prone to remembering things that did not happen or to have false memories, as one study reveals. A group of 104 ... read entire article »Monopoly brings Plaza-opoly to hotel guests
The makers of the best-selling board game worldwide will develop a version of Monopoly based on the iconic New York landmark, the Plaza hotel. The setting of the game will be similar to that of Monopoly with the exception that, instead of acquiring avenue ... read entire article »Carlos Slim proposed a 'three day working week'
How would a three day working week sound like? 99 percent of people working people would say: paradise. It's the vision of a billionaire. Mexican businessman Carlos Slim proposed the measure as a way to improve productivity and the quality of life. Slim attended ... read entire article »Scientists laugh at the 10% brain capacity myth
A decades old myth perpetuated among many is that we only use 10% of our brains, at any given time. However, scientists asked about this notion can do nothing more than laugh at the idea. Firstly, no piece of evidence stands to support the theory, except for a ... read entire article »A genes injection could rule out heart rate problems
An injection with genes made directly into the heart is acting exactly like an electronic pacemaker and has helped pigs with irregular heartbeats temporarily have regular heartbeats. The experiment was carried out successfully on the four-legged creatures because ... read entire article »Don’t feed your stress with junk food
If the last time you went through a period of high stress levels you craved for food packed with sugar or refined carbs, then you should know that you have probably only fueled stress hormones in your body and, therefore, prolonged your stressed mood. ‘There ... read entire article »Boundaries between employment and social networks disappear
Personal social media profiles and employment profiles are no longer two separate areas as one recent study shows that around half of the employers research job candidates on social networks to see how they conduct themselves. Moreover, out of those employers who ... read entire article »Alzheimer’s disease detection breakthrough
British scientists reported that they achieved a major breakthrough in detecting people who might suffer from Alzheimer’s disease in its early stages. A blood test that focuses on certain proteins had an 87% success rate in identifying the disease from it ... read entire article »Gaming improves ENglish
The World of gaming has a few common things, but the most important one is English. No matter where successful games are made they all share the same language and it appears little games around the world are better at English than kids that don't play. A recent ... read entire article »KGB secrets unveiled after 22 years
In 1992, one years after the fall of the Soviet Union, KGB official, Vasili Mitrokhin, fled Russia but brought along some souvenirs with him. He took what the Associated Press calls ‘one of the biggest intelligence leaks in history.’ Documents telling about ... read entire article »Growing pessimistic youth to be taught ‘Happiness’ at school
In an increasingly pessimistic world, the youth may be suffering the most since depression hits them harder than adults and they react differently to states of deep sadness. In a move to try and reduce the impacts of depression on young people, more and more ... read entire article »Tibetan’s DNA is not entirely Homo Sapiens
What separates Tibetans from other people around the world is that they have the ability to live comfortably at very high altitudes. The Tibetan plateau, for example, stands an average of 4,500 meters above sea level. Its high altitude earned it the title of ... read entire article »Cheerleader/hunter wanted off Facebook and out of Africa
Kendall Jones is a 19-year-old cheerleader from Texas, USA who, when she is not preparing any synchronized dancing scheme she is out hunting big game in Africa. The images she posted onto her Facebook page enraged hundreds of thousands of people who started two ... read entire article »
Work plus stress kills 600k Chinese yearly
The China Youth Daily magazine reported that around 600,000 Chinese people die every year due to overworking and stressful living. China Radio International, on the other hands, estimates that as many as 1,600 Chinese die every day due to the same causes. The ... read entire article »
81% of us conceal some smartphone activities
A survey, conducted among 5,000 smartphone users worldwide, showed that a staggering 81% of those interviewed want to keep some part of their mobile activities private or concealed, especially from the eyes of their significant other. The top three of thing ... read entire article »
Stop cheering up your sad friend
A study published in the American Psychological Association suggests that people going through an emotional breakdown might benefit more from being simply understood and empathized with rather than being forcefully cheered up. Even though our immediate answer to ... read entire article »
Study: cancer will never disappear
The 1970’s was the era when doctors and scientists declared the beginning of the war on cancer. Forty decades later, scientists now say that we will never find a cure to cancer. The new study, published in Nature magazine, reached the conclusion that cancer ... read entire article »