- Annals of Pseudo-Science: People Who Use Facebook Live Longer
Five things that are wrong with this pro-business, peudo-science study such as this:
1. This study sounds more like an advertisement for Facebook than an actual scientific experiment.
2. An actual experiment such a…
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- Organic food makes us judgmental and stuck up
A recently published study says that our usage of organic products make us validate our personal moralities, whatever they might be, and thus we tend to see the world as more black or white than grey and otherwise. It is…
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- The formula that predicts celebrity marriages’ endings
Celebrity marriages are a media staple. You might not find stories of farmer suicides but you will sure find stories about the failing marriage of a D-list celebrity and will know what clothes the couple wore to the divo…
Topic: Celebrity, Formula, Study | Read more
- Why global warming may be making us fat: increased CO2 levels affect hormones that stimulate activity
Danish researchers say carbon dioxide in earth's atmosphere is making us all fatter, as COs may affect performance of a harmone orexins, which stimulate wakefulness and activity in our bodies. Researchers give the U.S. a…
Topic: Study, Health, Global warming | Read more
- How to be creative, idea #51: Be drunk and sleepy
A study claims that sleepy people (researchers studied a group of students), like a brain-damaged patient, benefit from the inability to focus. The study says that since the minds are drowsy and disorganized, they often …
Topic: Study, Howto, Creativity, Remarkable | Read more
- Do Genes decide who gets to be a free-thinker or a conformist?: Nah
It is hard to believe American scientists claim in a study that genes are why the British are free-thinking and the Chinese love conformiy. Yes, tell that to Confucius and a country that invented many things. As a commen…
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- India, not a superpower: Only a soft powerhouse (long live Bollywood and curry)
A study by the reputed London School of Economics says India is not a superpower by a big measure. India can't even lord like a superpower over its poor neighbors (the recent crisis in Maldives, for example). India has f…
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- Annals of rich Indian lawmakers: 86% of MLAs in Punjab are crorepatis
Another evidence in support of the argument that the democratic process is not for the poor or even the middle class. The Association for Democratic Reforms reports that 101 of the Punjab’s 117 newly-elected legislators …
Topic: India, Politics, Study | Read more
- Study: 'Don't use smartphones while driving' is the new 'don't drink and drive'
A test in U.K. shows that using smartphones makes you a bad driver, more than alcohol does. Using smartphones while driving makes reaction times 37.6 percent slower. In fact, Smartphone innovations such as voice-enabled…
Topic: Accidents, Trend, Smartphones, Study | Read more
- Let's just say it: there is no right age to start a company
Take all those fluff stories about young Silicon Valley entrepeneurs for what they - habitual media glorification that helps sell papers and magazines, and nothing else. Truth is: There is no right age to start a company…
Topic: Business, Startup, Study | Read more
- Most women actually don't know they have gained 5 pounds extra weight
Women aren't as weight-conscious as we thought them to be. Researchers from the University of Texas Medical Branch did a study and found that one-third of 466 women of various ethnicities they observed over a period of …
Topic: Health, Obesity, Study | Read more
- simplelist: 10 countries that send most spam
Did you know that according to TrendMicro, 76% of emails from India is a spam?Here are the top 10 'spammy countries' and their contribution to the gloabl spam according to a study by Trednmicro:
The list of spammy cou…
Topic: Scams, Simplelist, Spam, List, Study | Read more
- How Film Enjoyment Is Contagious
A study concludes that humans mimic each other in a lot of ways that we are actually awareNext: Read 2500+ consumer guides to shopping, electronics, appliances, home services, cars, money and more.❤ If you liked all this…
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- Why arranged marriage is bad for India
Tyler Cowen points to an interesting paper from Divya Mathur which suggests that
when parents are involved in mate choice, sons are significantly less likely to marry college-educated women and women engaged in the la…
Topic: Arranged marriage, Study | Read more
