science
We’ve been over why you need sleep—but what happens when you get not enough, or too much? The results aren’t pretty. According to a new study by the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, which is published in Sleep, short sleepers (six hours and less) have a higher incidence of … Read More
The impulse to leave work early, splurge on a two-pound steak and fifteen year old whisky, and spend the night drunk-dialling might make for a great Friday, but it’ll ruin the rest of your week when regret and shame kicks in. Turns out, the guy who works until closing time, … Read More
Potential donors don’t give money when presented with the chance to provide support in the form of social media. A new study conducted at UBC’s Sauder School of Business, published in the Journal of Consumer Research, found that the more likely a person was to engage in a free act … Read More
Need to feel better about drinking coffee? Here you go: it’ll reduce your risk of liver cancer. A meta-study published in the Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology found that drinking coffee reduced incidences of hepatocellular carcinoma—the cause of ninety per cent of cases of liver cancer worldwide—by forty per cent. … Read More
Want to spot mistakes and fix them quickly? Perhaps take up an instrument. According to a study published in Neuropsychologia, playing an instrument has a number of positive influences on the mind, including the slowing of age-related mental problems like dementia, resilience against major mental health problems like depression, and, … Read More
