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• Phones need 'bed mode' to protect sleep

  15-11-2015 18:55 via bbc.com
  
  Research shows smartphones, tablets and e-readers should have an automatic "bedtime mode" that stops them disrupting people's sleep.
  
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• Mindfulness meditation reduces pain, study finds

  15-11-2015 10:00
  
  Mindfulness meditation is shown in MRI scans to affect different parts of the brain than placebo cream, and to reduce pain more than a placebo.
  
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• Portrait Health Centers Opens New Location in Princeton Junction, NJ

  15-11-2015 09:00 via pr.com
  Portrait Health Centers announces the opening of its newest location in Princeton Junction, NJ to provide counseling, nutrition and psychological testing services. [PR.com]
  
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• The healing power of hunting

  15-11-2015 07:00
  
  If you have violent tendencies, catching your own dinner can have a remarkable effect, argues Caspar WalshLondon’s not a place you would associate with hunting. But when I was growing up in the 70s, it was everywhere. Crime was how my father made a living. The consequences of this career choice meant that our house was constantly under threat from police raids. London for me was a dangerous place, full of predators.I cut myself off emotionally from a world I couldn’t trust and soon h
  
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• Believer or atheist: which one are you?

  15-11-2015 07:00
  
  Take this simple Observer quiz to find out whether you are a true atheist or whether your faith is not as strong as you thoughtDo you believe in God? How confident are you in your view? Let’s put your belief (or lack of it) to the test. Read aloud the following statements. Don’t just think about them or mutter them to yourself – shout them out:
  I dare God to make my life miserable.
  I dare God to make my home catch fire.
  I dare God to turn all of my friends against me. Continue
  
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