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Watch more than three hours of TV a day? If so, we have two questions: how the hell do you have that much time? And do you know you might die sooner than the rest of us? Grim tidings come courtesy of a study published in the Journal of the … Read More
Obviously you want both a high income and good job stability, but when outside pressure hits—the economy slows down, the industry is in flux, the government is tearing up and rewriting regulations—it’s better to have job stability than a stable income in terms of preserving your workplace happiness. In a … Read More
Want to extend your golden years? Find a sense of purpose. That decidedly self help sounding advice comes courtesy of a study done at Carleton, published in Psychological Science. How the hell would they measure something like that? Well, researchers looked at data from over 6,000 participants of the Midlife … Read More
Think that the colour of a woman’s outfit matters? Of course not—to you. But to other women, it can be a problem. A study published in Personality and Social Science found that women in red were seen to be more sexually available and more of a threat—by other women. In … Read More
Past research has shown that workplace happiness (or wellbeing) dips mid-career, starting around late twenties (cue the ’08 graduates cries of “that’s supposed to be mid-career?!”) and recovering in the early forties. A new study now has a reason for why this may be so: demands on time increase, while … Read More
