In the future, expect to pay for a stress-free commute. Toll roads are being planned that will charge variable rates based on real-time traffic conditions. When traffic is bad, you will have to pay more to use these roads.
Even on the road, there is no such thing as a level playing field.
When an fitness instructor urged students to swear off all drinking for one month, they found out that quitting drinking was harder than they thought it would be—not because they were craving alcohol, but because of the peer pressure they experienced to drink socially.
More people are going to college, but that may not mean much as literacy levels among the educated are declining. This is a sign that education is deteriorating in the United States.
This is a very interesting article about evolutionary medicine, a new area that some scientists are exploring. These scientists are assessing the adaptive and non-adaptive functioning of the human body and of various illnesses and symptoms that people suffer from, in order to better inform medical treatment. The insights of this approach are quite brilliant. For example, the morning sickness experienced by pregnant women may actually be a way for the body to avoid miscarriages resulting from the ingestion of spoiled or toxic food.
Cornell's Ornithology Lab's collection of natural sound recordings is the largest in the world. Read this article to learn more about how Hollywood regularly turns to this resource for the sounds you hear in movies.
Consuming rice specially bred to be richer in iron was found to help reduce iron deficiency in a study conducted on women in the Philippines. Iron deficiency is a large problem in developing countries where more than half of women suffer from it. As much as 60% of women in the Philippines are iron-deficient.
Cornell students were assigned to come up with an ice cream flavor that is reminiscent of a Cornell landmark in the annual Food Science 101 ice-cream making competition. The winning flavor, called Sloppy Slope Jolt, combines coffee ice cream with caramel, fudge and hazelnuts, and was inspired by a popular event at Cornell called Slope Day, when students celebrate the last day of classes by partying and sliding down a slope on campus. A winner from years ago, called Sticky Bunz, is so great, national companies have copied it.
Ever wonder why people are always copying each other? The answer may be that humans are just copycats by nature.
It's up to the mayor of a Brazilian city to decide if he will will make into law a bill that was passed by the city council requiring establishments to provide a separate bathroom for transvestites.
There's no need to obsess over what foods are high in antioxidants. Experts say that all you need to do is eat a balanced and varied diet.
A new law in Washington state prohibits smoking not just inside public accomodations, but also anywhere outside such places within 25 feet of the door. Non-smokers can now go to bars and breathe smoke-free air, while smokers have to puff up outside in the cold or in heated outdoor tents provided by some businesses.
Today's young men are relating to the flawed and morally ambiguous male protagonists on television. Many of these characters have anti-social tendencies. This interesting article looks into what this trend tells us about modern men and their tastes.
Some Republican representatives in Congress want to terminate the right to automatic US citizenship for any child born in the United States whose parent is not a US citizen or permanent resident.
Women in their twenties stand to gain 10% more in lifetime earnings for every year that they delay bearing their first child.
The World Health Organization is realigning its policies to be consistent with its mission and the message it is trying to spread about a habit that is a leading killer worldwide.
A new study from a Cornell University professor and two colleagues shows that while women comfort themselves with such foods when they are feeling down in the dumps, men indulge as an enhancement when they are feeling their best.
Another finding: Foods high in sugar and fat content are more efficient in alleviating negative feelings, whereas foods with fewer calories are more efficient in increasing positive emotions. Men's comfort foods include protein-dense foods (e.g., steak), whereas women and younger participants prefer high-calorie sweet snack foods like chocolate and ice cream.
Finally, older people and people whose cultural background is French or Francophone seek out comfort food when they are feeling positive, whereas younger people and people with British Anglophone backgrounds get the munchies for food that comforts when they are feeling negative
Yummy! Dick Van Patten is endorsing (and appears to be enjoying) a new brand of dog food that's designed to taste like left-overs. It comes in flavors like spaghetti and meatballs and Chinese take-out.
Wait a minute... why not just feed your dog actual leftovers?
Oh, silly me... why do something that's free, when you can pay for it?
Light to moderate drinking may not be good for you after all. In a new study, researchers found that previous studies that had concluded that light to moderate drinking may have a positive benefit on the heart, had actually not taken into account confounding effects that might have affected their results and conclusions. The flaws in these earlier studies are similar to those that occurred in previous studies done on Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) that concluded that HRT was good for the heart. As in the case of HRT, it turns out that any positive benefits from light to moderate drinking are likely to be outweighed by the negative effects. While doctors do not think moderate drinking will harm your heart, it is unlikely to help it.
Gauge how the economy is doing using this unique indicator: how much the twelve days of Christmas are going to cost your true love.
Some high schools have improved the achievement of their disadvantaged students by using strategies such as assigning the best teachers to the students who need the most help, giving support like model lesson plans to new teachers who are teamed up with experienced colleagues, and not allowing students who are struggling to fall too far behind their peers.
This is funny... unless you're under thirty. A new teen repellent is available that works by irritating the hell out of kids using a high-pitched sound that only young people can hear.