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No, Scientists Did Not Just Prove That Smelling Food Makes You Fat
This world must be a special kind of hell if just smelling food is enough to make you gain weight. The latest headlines on obesity research are saying just that — but smelling is probably only making “you” fat if “you” are a very particular type of mouse.
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Study Stressing You Out? Try Cuddling A Furry Friend
It’s currently “crunch time” at schools and universities around Australia, which means plenty of students are starting to have exam-induced freak outs. If you or your son/daughter are in the midst of a study cram, there is a simple, science-proven remedy that will help to bring stress levels down. It involves whiskers. And fur.
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The Most Effective Way To Take Notes
If it feels like you forget new information almost as quickly as you hear it, even if you write it down, that’s because we tend to lose almost 40% of new information within the first 24 hours of first reading or hearing it. If we take notes effectively, however, we can retain and retrieve almost…
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Ask LH: Can I Skip University Classes For Work?
Hi Lifehacker, I recently started a new job and there are three weeks of continuous Monday to Friday training. However, I have university three days a week and thus am caught between a rock and a hard place. I’d like to go to the training: am I allowed to skip university classes with the reason…