Fact O' The Day

[dragonz]

"People without siblings are more likely to have successful careers."


According to a CareerBuilder survey of 5,708 American workers, an only child is more likely to earn a six-figure salary and more likely to have a corporate title than someone with siblings. Only children also tend toward positions in engineering, law enforcement and information technology. However, people who do have siblings are more likely to be happy at their jobs. Among workers with brothers and sisters, first-born children are the most likely to earn six figures, while middle children are the most likely to earn sub-$35,000 salaries.

Well, I'm the youngest in my family & I earn the most!

[Krandall]

"People's reactions to their cell phones show some hallmarks of addiction."


After a recent op-ed in The New York Times ("You Love Your iPhone. Literally.") suggested that attachment to smartphones bears more similarities to love than to addiction, science journalists have begun to comment on the truth of that assertion. Kelly McGonigal at Psychology Today points out that the insular cortex -- which experiences a "flurry of activation" when exposed to video of a ringing, vibrating iPhone -- is actually strongly associated with addiction, as well as other brain functions. In fact, according to a 2007 study, the insula is a "critical neural substrate" in addiction, one involved in conscious urges like cigarette smoking.

[rookie]

Beer>no Beer

[Spartan]

Beer>no Beer

This is true

[Krandall]

"Researchers have developed a wasabi-based fire alarm."

The Ig Nobel Prize -- an award bestowed by a satirical science magazine called the Annals of Improbable Research -- honors humorous but thought-provoking scientific discoveries each year. The 2011 winner of the chemistry prize is a team of Japanese researchers who won for "determining the ideal density of airborne wasabi (pungent horseradish) to awaken sleeping people in case of a fire". The practical application of this research is a silent but effective fire alarm (or general purpose alarm), for which the group now has a patent.

[Krandall]

"People who blush are more trustworthy."


Two recent UC Berkeley studies examined the social connotations of blushing. The first asked participants to talk about embarrassing memories, then asked them to share some raffle tickets they'd been given with a partner. The more the participants blushed, the more likely they were to share. The second study tested participants' level of trust in an actor who was demonstrating either pride or embarrassment. They found the actor more trustworthy when he was embarrassed than when he was proud.

[Krandall]

"Only about 1% of people are "early birds.


About half of people fall in the middle of the "night owl/early bird" spectrum, and around 17% have delayed sleep phases (and thus are "night owls"). About 1% of people have advanced sleep phases, falling asleep early and waking progressively earlier. Though the circumstances of a person's life can influence his or her biological clock, a person's essential "chronotype" (or "circadian type") never changes. It's defined by genetics and biology.

[Peelz]

"Only about 1% of people are "early birds.


About half of people fall in the middle of the "night owl/early bird" spectrum, and around 17% have delayed sleep phases (and thus are "night owls"). About 1% of people have advanced sleep phases, falling asleep early and waking progressively earlier. Though the circumstances of a person's life can influence his or her biological clock, a person's essential "chronotype" (or "circadian type") never changes. It's defined by genetics and biology.

my circadian rhythm is weird.


But you'll have that with amphetamines. 

[Krandall]

Totally understand.. we coulda used your product when driving to OK peelz.

[Colorado700R]

If there's a circadian rhythm for going to bed ~930pm, and still waking up wanting to burn the world and everyone in it....



It should be called "Nikki's Rhythm" 

[Hefe]

are you sure its not Nikki's Cycle?

[Peelz]

If there's a circadian rhythm for going to bed ~930pm, and still waking up wanting to burn the world and everyone in it....



It should be called "Nikki's Rhythm" 

LOL!

[Hefe]

Fact:
Peels is whoring today!

[Krandall]

fact.. peelz is a WHORE

[Peelz]

fact: only a whore can truly spot another whore.

hard to whore on you own.