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• What does your height say about you? - Quiz

  07-08-2016 07:00
  
  If you’re tall you are more likely to be superstitious and vote ToryIt’s not particularly surprising that taller men (though not taller women) score more highly on measures of dominance and independence.Less well known is that, for reasons that are not yet understood, taller people – both men and women – tend to be more suspicious. Continue reading...
  
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• Keep on running: train your brain

  07-08-2016 07:00
  
  Even amateur sportspeople can learn to stave off exhaustion with a few mental tricks, says Amit KatwalaWhere does fatigue come from? It doesn’t come from the body. Even when people exercise to exhaustion, studies have shown that there is fuel left in the tank – one found there was enough energy left in muscle tissue for participants to have kept going for another seven or eight minutes. The brain puts the brakes on, stepping in to stop us from over-exerting and injuring ourselves lon
  
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• Scientific secrets to keep kids in college

  07-08-2016 06:19 via npr.org
  
  Nonprofit research group designs policy interventions to help people make better decisions about their lives.
  
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