PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) – Invoking the spirit of “Star Trek” in a scholarly article entitled “To Boldly Go,” two scientists contend human travel to Mars could happen much more quickly and cheaply if the missions are made one-way. They argue that it would be little different from early settlers to North America, who left Europe [...]
The Guardian: The UK government is poised to start measuring people’s psychological and environmental wellbeing, bidding to be among the first countries to officially monitor happiness. Despite “nervousness” in Downing Street at the prospect of testing the national mood amid deep cuts and last week’s riot in Westminster, the Office of National Statistics will shortly [...]
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The Hill: House Republican Leader John Boehner told members of the incoming GOP class Sunday that the No. 1 goal for House Republicans over the next two years is to end the federal government’s “spending binge” and “job-killing policies.” Boehner, who will become the new Speaker in the next Congress, told Republicans they may spend [...]
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NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – Energy drinks are hugely popular, but each one could be giving you more caffeine than a cup of coffee, a study said. In addition, that caffeine could combine with other ingredients in potentially risky ways, with the use of energy drinks with alcohol a particular concern. “What we know is [...]
Photo for newsworthy illustrative purposes only, not actual photo of what Obama would look like if he were a naked blonde chick being irritated by small rocks and grit while former Democrat presidential advisers were telling him not to seek re-election in 2012 Washington Post: President Obama must decide now how he wants to govern [...]
Association For Psychological Science: Do you ever catch yourself zoning out, letting your mind wander into the wonderful world of daydreaming? After a daydream it is hard to resume what we were doing just before the dream, but recent research from Psychological Science shows that some types of daydreams can actually make it harder for [...]
NEW YORK (AP) – Women with high-stress jobs face about 88 percent more risk of a heart attack than if they had low workplace stress, Harvard University researchers said. The scientists defined the stressful positions as those with demanding tasks and little authority or creativity. Those jobs also were associated with a 40 percent greater [...]
Fox News: Baby boomers withdrawing funds from Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are going to “crush the system” in a matter of years, a member of President Obama’s blue-ribbon commission on the debt warned Sunday. David Cote, CEO of Honeywell and one of a handful of private-sector chiefs appointed to the 18-member fiscal reform commission [...]
