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• Pregnant? Steer clear of unfounded advice

  10-01-2016 10:30
  
  Expectant women have been told what to avoid for centuries. Now epigenetics is on their case, too, says Kat Arney
  “It is certainly as true as the gospel that when a man sleeps with his wife or his mistress with dirty and smelly feet, if he fathers a boy, the child will have smelly and unpleasant breath. If he fathers a girl, she will have a stinky rear end.” The source of this dubious wisdom is the Distaff Gospels – a cornucopia of medieval old wives’ tales. Expectant mum
  
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• Do you understand the pyschology of criminal behaviour?

  10-01-2016 10:30
  
  There’s a golden rule, but some people know it instinctively…The map above shows a number of violent attacks (indicated by black dots) for which the police believe that the same person is responsible. Draw an X on the map to indicate the area in which you think the attacker lives. The answer is shown at the bottom of this article…You got it right What a Cracker! You have an intuitive understanding of the criminal mind, and have somehow internalised what forensic psychologists
  
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• Economic uncertainty drives employees to drink outside of work

  10-01-2016 09:00
  
  During economic downturns, employees reduce their alcohol intake at work but increase their intake outside of work, according to the results of a new study.
  
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• Valuing your time over money may be linked to happiness

  10-01-2016 04:36 via cnn.com
  
  Thousands of people participated in six studies on happiness, and researchers found that the group was evenly split between those who valued money or time.
  
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