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Problem Lots of your social networks are echo chambers these days. Solution According to Facebook and a study they published in Science, it isn’t their algorithm that only shows you stuff that you agree with—you choose your friends that way. Method First, Facebook anonymized data for ten million Facebook users … Read More
Can’t bring yourself to shovel snow? Or balance your chequebook? Or clear your inbox? Or one of the million other mundane but essential modern tasks? Well, 99U has a pretty good tip: just tell yourself that it’ll only take five minutes. 99U writer Benjamin Spall explains: “The logic here is … Read More
Stressed? Hostile? Depressed? Find a way to solve those problems, stat—or your body might present you with a solution you won’t like. In a study published in Stroke, researchers concluded that people with high levels of stress, hostility, and depression also enjoy a significantly increased risk of stroke or transient … Read More
We’re stressful guys with stressful lives—and the way we respond to stress may be keeping us up at night. According to a new study published in Sleep, not only is stress keeping us awake at night, but poor coping strategies are too. What poor coping strategies? Well, like behavioural disengagement, … Read More
Seems like we can’t go a month around without some politician who ought to have known better spending money that they ought not have. But how do you feel about Duffy and his ilk—are these hanging offences, or should guys like him get a slap on the wrist? Well, one … Read More
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