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Listen to music while you work? The background chatter of a radio is actually the perfect environment for creativity. The silence of a library might be great for reading, but noise sparks creativity. Researchers say, ‘moderate’ background radio noise, like music or even talking, is better than silence to spark creativity at work. It has […]

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New evidence of racist restaurant waitstaff may leave a bad taste in the mouths of African-American diners. After polling servers in 18 North Carolina restaurants, researchers found that a shocking 38.5% discriminated against black customers. Waiters admitted that they often gave them poorer service, based on their expectations that black diners would be poor tippers, […]

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If you’re happy and you know it, maybe you really should clap your hands. That’s because being happy might make you live longer. In a study published today in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from University College, London found that happy people reduced their risk of premature […]

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Well, not entirely, but a new study found that oropharyngeal cancer – cancers of the tonsil, back of the mouth (throat) and base of the tongue—have been on the rise since the 1980s. Researchers say the surge in these types of cancer may be due in part to an increase in people having oral sex […]

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New research shows that getting married could lengthen your life for up to 17 years. A study published in The American Journal of Epidemiology reveals that single men have a 32% higher chance of death than married men across a lifetime. That means they could die 8 to 17 years before the average married man. […]