It may be illegal to advertise cigarettes to kids, but tobacco companies are still trying to start kids on smoking because they know that once they hook them, it will be incredibly hard for them to quit.
A new Canadian study reports that tobacco marketers have found a way around tobacco advertising restrictions, by reaching teens through the retail shops located near high schools–and this strategy is working.
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The sun’s warm rays can not only give you skin cancer, they can also PEVENT it! Now that fall is here, if you’re not getting out in the sun as much as you did in the summer, you also may not be getting enough vitamin D. A recent study shows a direct link between vitamin D and cancer prevention.
Researcher Joan Lappe warns that this is a danger for you if you live in North American at latitudes above the 37th parallel (Omaha is near the 41st parallel). However, we can get vitamin D from several sources other than sunlight.
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What makes people happy? Doing better than the people around you is what makes some of us feel successful. But after working so hard to climb to the top, why do so many strivers self-destruct?
BBC News reports on a new study that shows that a man is happiest with his paycheck if he is making MORE than his fellow workers in the same office. MRI scans reveal that being paid more than a coworker stimulates the “reward center” in the male brain.
But if a man doesn’t feel like he really DESERVES his success, he may end up tearing himself down. New research shows that how people view their abilities in the workplace impacts how they respond to success.
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The Master of the Key predicted we would find new universes?and we have. Astronomers have also discovered a viable new Earth-like planet that’s fairly close to us.
US astronomers say they have found a new planet orbiting around a star that is only 41 light years from Earth. That means that if we could learn how to travel at half the speed of light, it would take us around 80 years to get there, which is “close” in astronomical terms. It’s orbiting a star called 55 Cancri, which has 4 other planets traveling around it. This is the largest number of planets ever found orbiting a single star in a solar system that is not our own. The new planet is 45 times bigger than Earth, meaning it’s unlikely to harbor life, BUT…
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