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Say it ain’t so… Nutella, our favorite snack of childhood (uhm, adulthood) contains cancer-causing chemicals, according to a warning by the European Food Standards Authority (EFSA) back in May. Palm oil, which according to Nutella-maker Ferrero gives the chocolate- and hazelnut-flavored spread its smooth texture, is the primary culprit, The Independent reports. Particularly, a compound […]
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Cashless payments are making us fat
Swiping your card to pay is nothing like taking cash out of your wallet, and cashless payments are changing consumer behaviour, writes Tom Sandage for The Economist sister magazine 1843. The phenomenon has been observed since credit cards appeared in the 1980s. People tend to spend 12-18% more with credit cards, according to a study […]
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Not feeling the music? It’s a brain disconnection
Is your friend just not into music? Maybe you simply don’t feel the beat? Scientists suggest it’s a disconnect between the areas of your brain that process sound (in the cortex) and the nucleus accumbens, a part of your brain’s reward network, according to a press release by McGill University, carried by EurekAlert. The condition […]
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Detoxing is a scam
Detoxing is a scam: In 2007, a science advocacy group called Sense about Science reached out to the makers of 15 detox health products to figure out what toxin their products were targeting, eventually arriving at the conclusion that there were none, writes Julia Belluz for Vox. The idea that the human body can produce […]
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Obama’s farewell speech
Obama’s farewell address: US President Barack Obama gave his farewell speech (runtime 51:25) during the week in front of a crowd of supporters in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois, continuing a tradition set in 1796 when George Washington addressed the American people for the last time as president. Obama has described the event as “a […]
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The forgotten history of the coffee bean
Tracing the origins of coffee back to Sufi Islam: Journalist Abdul-Rehman Malik traces the “forgotten history” of the coffee bean for a BBC documentary. Originating in Ethiopia, finding its spiritual home in the Yemen, evading zealots and Sultans from Mecca to Constantinople, defying prejudice from Vienna to London — coffee made its mark wherever it […]
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Bloomberg’s Odd Lots playing Cassandra with 2017
Trying to predict what will happen in 2017: Bloomberg’s Odd Lots podcast is going down the route many would have avoided after 2016. Hosts Tracey Alloway and Joe Weisenthal are asking their Bloomberg News colleagues to forecast what will transpire in markets, politics, finance, economics, and transactions. One, rather contrarian, forecast: Donald Trump to re […]
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How to form habits that stick, according to a Stanford University psychologist
How did big tech companies like Facebook, Google, and Twitter get us to use their products as automatic habits? This concept, known as captology (the study of “computers as persuasive technology,” or CAPT), is the area of expertise of Stanford University psychologist B.J. Fogg, who has been studying behavior change for more than two decades. […]
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Not all exercise regimens are born equal
Not all exercise regimens are equal, and each person’s body will respond differently (sometimes by not responding at all) to certain exercise routines, Gretchen Reynolds writes for the New York Times. Researchers have found a name for the unlucky group of people who actually stick to their new year’s resolution of working out regularly for […]
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Amazon is winning the virtual assistant race
Amazon is winning the virtual assistant race: With Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Samsung too busy competing over phones, computers, smart watches, Amazon is emerging as the winner of developing the most sophisticated virtual assistant, writes Lisa Eadicicco for Time magazine. The device, called an Amazon Echo, provides a virtual assistant named Alexa. Despite Amazon not […]