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GreaterGood: Money really can’t buy happiness, research shows. Instead, a new study suggests, those pursuing a happier life would be smart to sharpen their social skills.
In a series of four experiments, researchers found that it is the level of respect and admiration we receive from peers-not overall wealth or success-that more likely predicts happiness. They refer to this level of respect and admiration as our “sociometric status,” as opposed to socioeconomic status (SES).
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NPR: How Stereotypes Can Drive Women To Quit Science
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Slate: In an attempt to bring clarity to one of the great scientific debates of our time-of any time-the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has taken a strong stand on the existence of mermaids.
Slate: About That "83 Percent of Doctors Hate Obamacare So Much, They Might Quit" Poll
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Homeboy Industries serves at-risk and gang involved youth with a continuum of services and programs designed to meet their multiple needs, and runs four businesses that serve as job-training sites.
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Poz: FDA Approves In-Home, Do-It-Yourself Rapid HIV Test
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Don't look past my disabled body - love it
ScienceDaily: An evaluation of national data by UC Davis researchers has found that extra weight is not necessarily linked with a higher risk of death.
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CultureMap: The best response we've heard to Daniel Tosh's 'misquoted' rape jokes
In a series of four experiments, researchers found that it is the level of respect and admiration we receive from peers-not overall wealth or success-that more likely predicts happiness. They refer to this level of respect and admiration as our “sociometric status,” as opposed to socioeconomic status (SES).
PSFK: ABANDONED WALMART TRANSFORMED INTO A FUNCTIONING LIBRARY
PBS: Was Your Yahoo! Password Exposed?
MikeTheMadBiologist: Privatized ‘Death Panels’: Death Panels Already Exist
WorldGeography: Unusual Bridges For Animals - Wildlife Overpasses
LifeWithDogs: Legal Victory for Disabled Veteran Forced to Relinquish Service Dog
Discover: Chicken vaccines merged to form live viruses and caused outbreaks of irony
DianneSylvan: Ten Rules for Fat Girls
EloquentAtheist: “Oh, God” -- lovely poem by a friend.
NPR: How Stereotypes Can Drive Women To Quit Science
ChillicotheGazette: Trend: Small hospitals shutting down maternity units, even in Ohio
Slate: The Colbert Effect: The 14 Silliest Super PACs Actually Registered with the FEC
Buzzfeed: The 18 Worst Things For Left-Handed People
Buzzfeed: Nathan Fillion Came Fully Prepared To Comic-Con
Slate: In an attempt to bring clarity to one of the great scientific debates of our time-of any time-the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has taken a strong stand on the existence of mermaids.
Slate: About That "83 Percent of Doctors Hate Obamacare So Much, They Might Quit" Poll
CNN: I don't own my child's body
Marketplace: Commuter Nation: How America gets to work
TheAtlanticCities: The Shopping Mall Turns 60 (and Prepares to Retire)
Co.Design: Anti-Fashion Fashion: Jewelry That Celebrates Wrinkles Instead Of Hiding Them
Homeboy Industries serves at-risk and gang involved youth with a continuum of services and programs designed to meet their multiple needs, and runs four businesses that serve as job-training sites.
CBSNews: Tour de France sabotage? Tacks derail 30 riders -- Well that's shitty.
Poz: FDA Approves In-Home, Do-It-Yourself Rapid HIV Test
BlackGirlDangerous: From One Skinny Girl To Others: A Few Words on Fat Phobia
IO9: Mae Jemison always knew she would go to space
NYTimes: Barney Frank Weds Jim Ready
Don't look past my disabled body - love it
ScienceDaily: An evaluation of national data by UC Davis researchers has found that extra weight is not necessarily linked with a higher risk of death.
Cracked: Fat Is Officially Incurable (According to Science)
DancesWithFat: The Deadly War on Obesity
CultureMap: The best response we've heard to Daniel Tosh's 'misquoted' rape jokes