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Eat a lot of red meat? Don’t skip the potatoes. A new study published in Cancer Prevention Research has found that starch can act like fibre in the gut and possibly help prevent certain types of colorectal cancers. Researchers had volunteers eat either a red meat diet (consisting of 300 … Read More
What’s good about being ‘self-deceived’—that is, an overconfident person with an exaggerated view of self-talent? Well, people like that are really good at convincing other people that they’re just as good as they believe themselves to be. A study published in PLOS One has found that people who are self-deceived … Read More
Like you didn’t see this coming: no one pays attention during conference calls. InterCall, a company that does conference calling services, conducted a survey of 500 full-time workers, asking them what they’re up to during calls. The results are illuminating: 65% do other work 63% send emails 55% make or … Read More
Is reality TV your guilty pleasure? Well, we have bad news for you: some types of reality TV can make you more aggressive. A study published in Psychology of Popular Media Culture has found that watching reality TV wherein the cast members routinely attack or undermine their rivals can raise … Read More
Male college students spend nearly eight hours a day on their phone. Granted, you’re not in college, but this is probably relevant to you because a) the technology is the same for everyone, and b) you have real work to do, and some of that work is on a phone. … Read More
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