Nov 07, 2009 -
I've always found it fascinating that dogs "bark" in different languages. Though we say "ruff ruff" in English, that same noise is expressed as "ouah, ouah" in French. Now here's something even cooler: German researchers have started to think that babies' wails sound different depending on what language their parents speak.
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Nov 07, 2009 -
A tech consultant at Cornell did what we've all had nightmares about doing: he accidentally sent personal emails to everyone he works with. And they were quite the Freudian sends.
Gulp.
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Nov 06, 2009 -
This week we took a look at Pakistan's fashion week. Do you know what other stories strutted their stuff this week? Find out!
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Nov 06, 2009 -
First, a rumored bar fight involving Mischa Barton, and now Miss England? Whatever happened to sweet and demure?
Rachel Christie, the reigning Miss England, has to give up her crown and withdraw from the Miss World competition which will be held in South Africa next month because of an alleged bar brawl earlier in the week with another beauty queen, one Sara Beverley Jones (Miss Manchester).
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Nov 06, 2009 -
- "Lessons I learned from Dolly Parton." — Double X
- "Why I stole my best friend's guy." — Lemondrop
- One woman explains why gay marriage matters.
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Nov 06, 2009 -
- Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the suspect in the Fort Hood shooting, is in stable condition; he was set to be deployed to Afghanistan. — New York Times
- Meet Kimberly Munley, the police officer who brought down the gunman.
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Nov 06, 2009 -
It started out as a blogging gig for a moms-to-be site, but 23-year-old Lynsee, a teacher from Minnesota, decided to take it a step further. Along with her mother, husband, and midwife, she's going to have a cameraman film her giving birth while it's broadcast on live television. (No graphic shots, however.)
Although her husband Anders was hesitant at first, he finally agreed to it.
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Nov 05, 2009 -
More color and less skin filled the runways yesterday during the first day of Pakistan's Fashion Week, an event that will feature over 30 Pakistani designers. The organizers had to push back the four-day event twice due to security fears, but at last the beautiful show must go on. Check out these gorgeous photos.
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Nov 05, 2009 -
Australian psychology professor Joe Forgas has concluded through his research that grumpy people tend to think more clearly, and because of their skepticism, they also make better decisions than their more cheerful and gullible counterparts.
Cheerfulness isn't all bad, though. Forgas says it encourages creativity.
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Nov 05, 2009 -
We've all heard of women's rights activists, but are you familiar with men's rights activists? MRAs are men who believe that the emancipation of women and the emergence of feminism has led to the oppression of men. (Because, you know, it can't be a win-win proposition!)
Double X provided an extensive exploration of a movement that is trying to appear more mainstream.
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