study
We love nearly everything about James Bond. His cars, his women, his sartorial sensibility, his shameless product tie-ins . . . and we especially love his ability to casually drink on the job, despite his bastardized choice of martini. However, according to scientists, James Bond is a raging alcoholic who … Read More
Studying a second language? Have a bunch of stuff to remember? Just want to improve your mental acuity in general? Here’s one solution: take a nap. A study published in Neurobiology of Learning and Memory has found that taking a short nap can help significantly help you retain learning. Researchers … Read More
We’re pretty into the idea that ‘letting our anger out’ will somehow get ride of it. We vent with our friends, visit the gym for a session with the ‘ol punching bag, and sometimes yell at people we shouldn’t yell at. There’s even a form of therapy (I use the … Read More
How do you define success? Nice house? Good job? Professional responsibility? Retirement at 50? Well, as a society, we tend to pick a definition that involves money and power—the trouble is, that might be a mentally unhealthy way to measuring worth. A study published in Psychology and Psychotherapy has found … Read More
The news for the long-term unemployed just keeps getting worse. Turns out, it can cause premature aging. A study published in PLOS One found that men unemployed for longer than 500 days was associated with having shorter telomeres, which is associated with quicker aging. Telomeres are stretches of DNA at … Read More
