Sunday, May 4, 2025

Canadians who don't like Israel and Judaism tend not to like Jews

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The deductions resulting from the following study are absolutely Sherlockian in their brilliance. As reported by Louis Charbonneau in the C...
Sunday, March 12, 2023

Country music encourages faster drinking

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One wonders just how the research was conducted in the following study; as reported by Associated Press and published in the Edmonton Sun ,...
Thursday, June 30, 2022

Bereavement often leads men to turn to drink

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As reported by Emily Braeger of the London Daily Express , April 28, 2022 : Men often turn to drink and recreational drugs to numb the he...
Thursday, January 27, 2022

Social media may be bad for your health

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As reported by University at Buffalo, January 21, 2022 : Social media use has been linked to biological and psychological indicators asso...
Monday, August 9, 2021

Dogs understand humans

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As reported by StudyFinds , July 17, 2021 (links in original): DURHAM, N.C. — Dogs really are “man’s best friend” and “get” humans in a ...
Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Young criminals are driven by excitement and influenced by the crime they see around them

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This won't come as a surprise to anyone who's familiar with books, movies, or television programs about juvenile delinquency (or who...
Friday, February 7, 2020

70 years ago: Time spent watching television is time not spent on other things

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On February 7, 1950, a Washington survey reported that television set owners saw fewer films, read less, and listened to the radio less than...
Thursday, January 9, 2020

People who have trouble falling asleep have the most anxiety--or is it the other way around?

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Is it the anxiety that's making it difficult for people to fall asleep, or is it the inability to sleep that's causing the anxiety? ...
Sunday, June 24, 2018

Child molesters go where the children are

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As reported by David Rose in the London Mail on Sunday , June 23, 2018 (link in original): A devastating report will this week expose the...
Monday, June 4, 2018

Addictions expert says that legalization of marijuana could lead to greater use

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As reported by Kieran Leavitt of StarMetro Edmonton , June 3, 2018 : EDMONTON—With cannabis legalization on the horizon, Alberta Health Se...
Sunday, December 24, 2017

Laughter is contagious

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A neuroscientist confirms it, in an interview with Andrew Anthony in the British newspaper The Guardian , December 24, 2017 (bold, links in...
Saturday, December 2, 2017

This is why they're called "emergencies"

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An emergency is, by definition, a situation demanding immediate attention, which might come as a surprise to staff at Canadian hospitals. A...
Monday, June 12, 2017

Drinking young leads to dying young

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Now that scientists have discovered that drinking alcohol at an early age can lead to an early death, don't be surprised if they announc...
Monday, May 22, 2017

Mainstream media don't like Donald Trump

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It must be true, because Harvard University says so. As reported by Heat Street , May 19, 2017 (links in original): A major new study ou...

Prompt treatment of sepsis may save lives

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It occurs to this blogger that the prompter the treatment of any medical emergency, the more likely it is that the life of the patient will ...
Sunday, July 10, 2016

Pregnant women waddle

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I wonder why that is; could it have something to do with carrying inside their bodies? Here in Edmonton, women are able to waddle without b...
Wednesday, March 30, 2016

"Real" men don't like to go to the doctor...

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...which is why we die younger than women, as reported by Agence France-Presse/Relaxnews , March 24, 2016 : A newly published American psy...
Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Girls are different from boys in their texting habits...

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...with resulting differences in school performance. Once again, psychologists treat every example of obvious differences between males and...
Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Behavioural scientists don't seem to know much about human nature

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I've never had a high opinion of behavioural scientists; they treat their discoveries of the most obvious human behaviours and character...
Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Narcissists are attracted to positions of power--or is it the other way around?

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I'm always struck by the number of politicians and people who run for political office--people who presume to be qualified to govern oth...

Not getting enough sleep may hurt your performance in school (zzz...)

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It's tough to do well in school when you're falling asleep in class because you didn't get enough sleep last night--but of cours...
Thursday, December 20, 2012

Children can get fat watching TV in their bedrooms

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I am shocked--shocked!--to find that children who have TV sets in their bedrooms are more likely to watch television than those who don'...
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Ice cream melts and beer gets warm in hot weather

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And now for something completely different: An item about a major discovery by a reporter rather than by a scientist. The Edmonton Journal...
Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Kids who watch a lot of TV tend to eat a lot of junk food

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As reported by Genevra Pittman of Reuters , May 10, 2012 : Children and teens who watch a lot of television are less likely to get their fr...
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Monday, May 14, 2012

University students are surprised to discover that tourists buy souvenirs to remind them of places they've been

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The word "souvenir" is a French word, a reflexive verb (se souvenir de) meaning "to remember." Apparently, University o...
Thursday, March 8, 2012

Stupid young males tend to be oblivious to their surroundings while listening to headphones

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As reported by Joan Delaney in The Epoch Times , ">February 20, 2012 (updated February 25, 2012) : The deaths of two headphone-weari...