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Are you guilty of failing at your goals time and time again, only to ask what's wrong with the world? and keep on trying to succeed with the same strategies
The Associated Press reports:People with a particular variation of the MAOA gene called 2R [are] prone to criminal and delinquent behavior, said sociology professor Guang Guo, who led the study.
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My wife has been using martial arts techniques on our children and it's made our lives a lot easier, especially around meal times. She's no martial artist, but has managed to master a technique called sui ren zhi shi, jie ren zhi li - one of the
Contrary to stereotypes, a new study finds that men talk just as much as women. The study taped 396 students over the course of six years, and concluded that members of both sexes tend to spill an average of about 16,000 words a day.
Oprah’s Clutter Man: “It’s Never About the Stuff” Clean Sweep’s Peter Walsh (previously) has a new book out, and Mediabistro had the chance to chat with him while he was out promoting it. While I wish
These days, everyone has too much on their minds. Gone are the days when woke up, went to the factory, put in your time, came home, and sat down with a
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Increase your Brain Activity with 15 Ideas These are 15 fun ideas that will increase your brain activity. It has been proven that the more exercise you give your brain the more it will grow and operate to new super levels.
I don't like you. Four words we hate to hear. For some reason, we all like to be liked. No revelation there. It's how we're wired. We hate it when people
We all have a hard time admitting that we're wrong, but according to a new book about human psychology, it's not entirely our fault. Social psychologist Elliot Aronson says our brains work hard to make us think we are doing the right thing, even in the face of sometimes overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
This is the time of the year for everybody to make lame, half-hearted resolutions about how they’re going to lead a better life in the new year: lose weight, stop smoking, eat less fried cheese, take a ceramics class, etc. My gym is already full of
Australia's Most Trusted People 2008 Rankings. Results of the 2008 Most Trusted People Survey by Reader's Digest. Find out who are the most trusted Australians in 2008
Bonnie Auyeung measured testosterone levels in the second trimester. Higher levels of testosterone indicate tendency to develop autism, affecting characteristics such as eye contact, language development and empathy.
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