It doesn’t matter how old he is, cuddling and caressing are important ingredients for long-term relationship satisfaction and (surprise!) they are MORE important for men! Also contrary to expectations of researchers, men were more likely to report being happy in their relationship, while women were more likely to report being satisfied with their sexual relationship.
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We recently told you which cities in the world are most likely to be destroyed by an asteroid impact. While congress argues about tax and spending cuts, we can now tell you which US metro region is most likely to come out of the current ECONOMIC impact relatively unscathed.

Believe it or not, despite all the Congressional wailing about budget cuts, Washington, DC is a very good place to be. Other major cities like Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston, Seattle and Pittsburgh also fare well on the list–but Los Angeles, Miami and Las Vegas do not. Rochester, Minnesota, tops the list. However, College Station-Bryan, Texas, would not be so lucky.
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What makes this video so strange is the fact that the person shooting it is saying that there shouldn’t be any people there. And then one of them stands up and–well, it’s just plain odd.
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The observations of the Inuit are certainly worth careful thought. Their changing horizon could be caused by contraction of polar ice, but it is also true that axial tilt would be more noticeable to the naked eye in the far north and far south. So far, no telescopes in the middle lattitudes have reported anything, and one would think that they would if they were seeing it. Certainly it would be readily obvious from their measurements. Or would they report something so controversial? More than anything, modern scientists fear controversies, especially sensational ones.
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