Friday's Five: Queasy Conservatives To Real Superheroes
Queasy Does It - Researchers from Harvard and Yale say people who are more easily grossed out by slime, gore and other physically repulsive things are more likely to be politically conservative. It turns out many of our unpleasant emotions most likely evolved to keep us safe and healthy. Think about that the next time the smell of a rotten egg or the sight of road kill grosses you out.
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Big House, Smaller Meals - States are saving money by serving prisoners less food. But what matters more than how much prisoners eat is what they eat. Convicts fed more food with omega 3 oil and less fatty, processed and sugary meals were much better behaved.
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Height Sleight Of Hand - The advantages tall people enjoy (pay, romance, presidential elections) over smaller people have been well documented. But there are methods - optical illusions and others - by which short people can attain the "status cues" of their high-altitude competitors. Some involve height, others are less obvious.
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Here They Come To Save The Day - Rising unemployment + fascination with comic books + dose of Good Samaritanism = real life superheroes. They can't fly or see through walls but they're doing what they can.
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