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Caffeine might make you lazier
"[C]affeine might make us wired, but make it harder to keep our motivation of difficult tasks"
Poll: Most Americans Want to Criminalize Pre-Teens Playing Unsupervised
"While there are obviously many neighborhoods wrecked by crime where it makes more sense to keep kids close, the country at large is enjoying its lowest crime level in decades. Too bad most people reject this reality. The Reason/Rupe Poll asked "Do kids today face more threats to their physical safety?" and a majority—62 percent—said yes. Perhaps that's because the majority of respondents also said they don't think the media or political leaders are overhyping the threats to our kids."
In latest interview, Pope Francis reveals top 10 secrets to happiness
Not something I'd have expected from the pope: "9. Don't proselytize; respect others' beliefs. "We can inspire others through witness so that one grows together in communicating. But the worst thing of all is religious proselytism, which paralyzes: 'I am talking with you in order to persuade you,' No. Each person dialogues, starting with his and her own identity. The church grows by attraction, not proselytizing," the pope said."
More inclusive KKK chapter makes some suspicious
I've got a sneaky suspicion that people belonging to certain racial groups might still be ever-so-slightly reluctant to join the Ku Klux Klan.