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"Why we quit when others succeed"

By Rob Winters - Published on Monday, 02 January 2012 19:58

"DUKE (US) — Seeing someone reach a goal or complete a task should inspire us to match that success, however new research indicates it can actually reduce our motivation.

“Our findings have important functional implications for the workplace,” says Grainne Fitzsimons of Duke University, co-author of the study published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. “In staff meetings, employees may mistake a discussion of what needs to be done for actual progress toward a goal. Similarly, one employee’s success might actually de-motivate others to work hard."

"Love Quotes: The Wisest, Wittiest . . . and Most Cynical"

By Rob Winters - Published on Monday, 02 January 2012 19:53

"Having reviewed 100s of quotations on the wonders--and woes--of romantic love, here are some that I think are the very best. At the same time that many of the quotes below celebrate the many joys of romantic--almost fairy-tale--love, they typically also demonstrate great awareness of its transience, its maddening let-downs and instability. The most cynical quotations, which (I admit) are well-represented here, may perhaps have been written by those who loved--and lost."

"The next big prophet: A social network soothsayer"

By Rob Winters - Published on Monday, 02 January 2012 19:40

"At some point in the spring of next year, a San Francisco startup is going to start demoing a product that’s designed to predict the future.

Today, Klout is perhaps best known as a social media monitoring firm. Its “Klout Score,” which measures how important or influential a Twitter account is, has become one of the most popular metrics of its kind, as more and more users look to expand their reach on social media."

"Flu shots less effective for obese people"

By Rob Winters - Published on Wednesday, 02 November 2011 20:37

"UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — A flu shot may not be enough to protect overweight people from influenza.

New research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shows that obesity may make annual flu shots less effective.

The findings, published this week in the International Journal of Obesity, provide evidence explaining a phenomenon that was noticed for the first time during the 2009 H1N1 flu outbreak: Obesity is associated with an impaired immune response to the influenza vaccination in humans."

"10 Weird Things Humans Do Every Day, and Why"

By owner - Published on Wednesday, 02 November 2011 20:32

"Hiccup"

"Hiccups are involuntary spasms of the diaphragm — the muscular membrane in your chest that figures importantly in breathing. A spell of them ensues when that muscle gets irritated, often by the presence of too much food in the stomach, or too little.

Weirdly, though, hiccups are as useless as they are annoying; they serve no apparent purpose. One hypothesis suggests they may be a remnant of a primitive sucking reflex. Whatever the ancient function, they are little more than a nuisance now — something to be gotten rid of via a variety of creative folk remedies."

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