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Having more sex brings men closer to God, says new study
Sages in Asia have taught for ages that an orgasm brings human beings for a moment to the experience of God. Now a research team has confirmed that teaching in a scientific experiment. The researchers carried out a study in which they boosted levels of oxytocin in middle-aged men and found Read More...
When you are happy you make your spouse healthier
Happiness and health go together. People who are happier are usually also healthier. When humans feel good, they’re more likely to be active and less likely to attempt to cheer themselves up with sweets and fast food. A new study goes one step further: People whose spouses are happier are Read More...
Is the mass sharing of driverless cars about to reshape our suburbs?
A few months ago I interviewed Klaus Bondam, head of the Danish cycling union and formerly Copenhagen’s mayor for roads and infrastructure, and asked him how he saw his city changing in the coming years. The answer was something of a surprise. “Look at something like car parking,” Bondam told Read More...
Uber wants to fly customers around in massive autonomous drones
Self-driving cars just aren’t enough. Uber, the ride-hailing taxi service, is apparently seriously exploring whether it can develop aircraft that could take off and land without a runway, and fly passengers autonomously to wherever they want to go. Recode reported Sunday (Sept. 25) that Read More...
Can gadgets actually make you more zen? We give 3 a try
Maybe hacking your meditation practice with high-tech programs and devices also is the ultimate irony, but can they really be time savers? A brain-trainer? I tested three systems that promised to deliver more quickly the effects of meditation. As they say about traditional meditation, you don’t Read More...
Colombia's President Santos says peace with Farc will boost growth
Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos says the peace deal with the Farc rebel group will boost economic growth and will enable the country to rebuild its social fabric. "War is always more costly than peace," he said in an interview with the BBC. Mr Santos and Farc leader Timoleon Jimenez, known Read More...
Peaceful warrior: Permaculture visionary Bill Mollison
Australian educator, author and co-inventor of Permaculture, Bruce Charles 'Bill' Mollison, died on the 24 September 2016 in Sisters Creek, Tasmania. He has been praised across the world for his visionary work, and left behind a global network of 'peaceful warriors' in over 100 countries working Read More...
Here's how much of the US would need to be covered in wind turbines to power the nation
On September 27, the US District Court of Appeals in Washington DC will hear arguments over the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan, which dictates carbon-cutting standards for states based on their greenhouse gas emissions. The Supreme Court put a hold on enforcement of the Read More...
How this $700 million business makes money without trying to turn a profit
In his updated book Let My People Go Surfing (Penguin Random House, 2016), first published in 2006, Patagonia founder and owner Yvon Chouinard describes the unique pillars of success for his famous enterprise. In the following edited excerpt, Chouinard explains how a business philosophy focused on Read More...
The US Congress now has a caucus dedicated to bitcoin and blockchain
Blockchain is permeating the world’s spheres of influence. A U.S. Congressional group dedicated to studying the technology underpinning the bitcoin cryptocurrency was set up today (Sept. 26) by two congressmen. The Congressional Blockchain Caucus was formed by Jared Polis, a Democrat Read More...