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Oxford Study Reveals Where You Can Touch Your Friends and Strangers
An individual’s level of comfort for being touched depends on a combination of factors that include the type of relationships involved. A new study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, was carried out by researchers to determine the level of comfort…
· Max Chang
Kanye West’s ‘Best, Illest Quotes’ From His Oxford Guild Business Society Lecture
Gather around and listen everyone! Kanye West dropped some straight Kanye truth to the 350 members of the Oxford Guild Business Society on Monday.
· Editorial Staff
Science Reveals How Many of Your Facebook Friends Are Actually Your Friends
There is a huge difference between real friends and Facebook friends. This fact may not surprise many, but new research from Oxford University found only a small fraction of the average Facebook user’s friend list would even express sympathy for the user in real life. In his…
· Sarah Lesnar
Science Has Devastating News For Women Who Live Near Highways and Cities
Air pollution may be affecting couples’ ability to conceive and have children. A new study from Boston University published in the journal Human Reproduction revealed that heavily populated areas with air pollution from traffic fumes may put women at a greater risk for…
· Editorial Staff
Science Explains Why Narcissistic Jerks are More Likely to Be Successful
If you’ve ever suspected your boss was a narcissistic jerk, a new study may back you up. Researchers from the University of Bern found that workers who scored higher on some “dark triad” traits — psychopathy, narcissism and Machiavellianism — often had more opportunities for…
· Max Chang
Fifteen-Year-Old Commits Suicide After Allegedly Suffering From Wi-Fi Allergy
The mother of British 15-year-old Jenny Fry claims that her daughter’s Wi-Fi allergy caused her so much distress that it led to her unfortunate suicide. “Wi-Fi and children do not mix. I believe that Wi-Fi killed my daughter,” she told the Daily Mail.
· Jacob Wagner
Private School Teacher Rants About How Girls Want to Learn Too Much These Days
Long gone are the days when girls were barred from obtaining an education and confined to doing house chores, right? Apparently not for a private school teacher in London who believes women are learning too much nowadays. Blanche Girouard, a religious education teacher at St.…
· Sebastian Dillon
Bigoted Woman Tries to Ban Muslims From Her Salon, Gets Exactly What She Deserves
One business owner in the U.K. has perfectly demonstrated why generalized bigotry is the wrong response to the horrific acts of known terrorists. In the wake of Paris terrorist attacks, April Major, 43, took to her company’s Facebook page to say that it’s “time to put my country…
· Editorial Staff
Eating Just One Steak a Week Can Increase Your Risk of Bowel Cancer by 40 Percent, Study Says
Meat lovers beware: a new study revealed today that consuming one steak a week drastically raises the risk of bowel cancer by 42%. The study, the largest of its kind, concluded that consuming red and processed meat puts individuals at risk for cancer, according to Daily Mail.…
· Sebastian Dillon
Grandmother Helps Chinese Baby Poop in Front of U.K. Burberry Store
In the latest news of Chinese tourists doing the craziest things, a Chinese boy, with the help of his grandmother, was seen defecating just outside the doors of a Burberry store in the UK. The tourists were spotted in a shopping center known as Bicester Village in the town of…
· Max Chang
Science Has the Perfect Reason For Why We Should Begin Work at 10 A.M.
For the many who have to wake up early for work, going to bed early isn’t always an available option. It can be a struggle to get out of bed to get to work with five to six hours (or less) of sleep, and too little sleep isn’t healthy. One neuroscientist has a solution, and it…
· Sebastian Dillon
Rich Dentist Pays $55,000 to Decapitate and Skin Beloved Lion
While animal lovers across the world mourn the killing of Zimbabwe’s beloved lion, Cecil, the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force has identified the lion killer as Walter Palmer, a Minneapolis-based dentist who has a history of killing animals illegally. On July 6, Palmer and his…
· Riley Schatzle
Rickshaw Driver Confronted After Trying to Charge $300 for a One Mile Ride
A Rickshaw driver in London redefined premium transportation today when he charged four passengers 206 pounds, or about $320, for a ride that didn’t even amount to a whole mile.
· Max Chang
People Born in These Two Months Have a Higher Risk For Disease in Life, Study Finds
A recent Columbia University study has found that the month you were born in affects your chances of catching certain illnesses and diseases. The study, which was published in the Journal of American Medical Informatics Association, was titled, “Birth Month Affects Lifetime…
· Editorial Staff
Society is Wrong About People Who Work From Home
Telecommuting is one of millennials’ and techies’ favorite job perks, but it’s been traditionally viewed as a way to dodge workplace responsibilities in order to lounge around at home (paging Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer). A new study, however, finds that people who work from home may…