Archive for the 'scientists say...' Category

Poll: 91% of Americans believe text message driving dangerous

Friday, August 10th, 2007

89 per cent of Americans believe sending text messages should be outlawed; 57 per cent admit to doing it.
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Scientists: Baby einsteins stupider than other babies

Friday, August 10th, 2007

Scientists discovered that “baby einstein” videos designed to increase the intelligence of toddlers actually made them stupider.
baby watching tv
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Scientists: Driving better than walking for environment

Monday, August 6th, 2007

Scientists pointed out that if you eat meat, it’s probably better to drive your car than to walk.
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New species of shrew discovered

Sunday, August 5th, 2007

A new species of shrew was discovered in the Philippines.
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Poll: 3% approve of Congress’ handling of the Iraq War

Saturday, August 4th, 2007

3% of Americans approve of how Congress is handling the war in Iraq. 24% say the same for the President.
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Big city young women make more than their male counterparts

Saturday, August 4th, 2007

Young women in New York and several of the nation’s other largest cities who work full time make more money than men.
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Scientists: Sugar more addictive than cocaine

Friday, August 3rd, 2007

Researchers decided that sugar is more addictive than cocaine.
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Scientists: Environment killing 4 million kids a year

Friday, August 3rd, 2007

Scientists reported that environmental hazards are killing four million children every year.
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Study: Music moves brain to pay attention

Friday, August 3rd, 2007

Scientists discovered that the spaces inbetween music make people pay attention.
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Scientists: Sex for lust, not love

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

After exhaustively compiling a list of the 237 reasons why people have sex, researchers found that people have sex because they are horny.
lust or love
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Average worker wastes 2 hours per day

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

The average employee wastes about 20 percent of the workday.
myspace
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Scientists: smoking weed bad for lungs

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

Smoking a single joint of weed has the same impact on breathing capacity as up to five cigarettes.
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Study: 55% of married women cheat

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

According to a study published in the Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy in 2002, 55 percent of married women engage in extramarital sex at some time during their relationship (compared with 60 percent of men); 90 percent of them don’t feel guilty about it.
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Scientist touts tornado power

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

Scientists were considering the possibility of using man-made tornadoes to power cities.
tornado
[why not?]
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Smart people have less sex

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

Smart people are more likely to be virgins.
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Charles Manson’s views on Scientology

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

It was reported that Charles Manson took 150 hours of Scientology classes, and then rejected it as too crazy.
charles manson
[too sane for scientology]
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Vegans refuse sex with meat-eaters

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

Scientists discovered that a growing numbers of vegans refuse to have sex meat-eaters, because they are a “a graveyard for animals.”
animal graveyard
[not hot]
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Poll: US smoking at new record low

Monday, July 30th, 2007

A new Gallup poll on smoking shows that 21 percent of U.S. adults currently smoke cigarettes, the lowest percentage since U.S. polling began in 1944.
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Study: Hackers have no problems with voting machines

Monday, July 30th, 2007

State-sanctioned teams of computer hackers were able to break through the security of virtually every model of California’s voting machines and change results or take control of some of the systems’ electronic functions, according to a University of California study released Friday.
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Study: Couples start to look alike over time

Monday, July 30th, 2007

Scientists discovered that facial similarity increases between couples over long periods of time.
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