Holding back the tears? Don’t bother… According to emerging evidence crying could be good for us. Crying remains one of sciences biggest enigmas. We all do it but are yet to find a scientific explanation as to why. What we do know however, is that despite the puffy eyes and hyperventilating, crying does actually have read more »

Last year 1.3 million new cyclists hit the streets of Great Britain as more and more workers opted for a healthier morning commute. As the pressure peaks for getting Britain green, an increasing number of commuters are choosing the bicycle over the car, bus or train. As well as helping the environment, cycling is an read more »

Record numbers of single women and teenagers who want babies are abandoning the search for Mr. Right and turning instead to online sperm donors.   A staggering ¼ of all women registered to online sperm donor sites are under the age of 25 and some are as young as 18 and 19. Many women frustrated read more »

The debate that films could potentially influence behaviour in viewers has been on-going for years now, with the most recent research suggesting that teenagers who watch films depicting actors lighting up are more likely to take up the habit themselves. Experts from Bristol University investigated the impact that some of the 360 top US box read more »

Growing evidence suggests that parenting and schooling is more in tune with girl’s emotions and way of learning than with that of their male peers. Up until a few decades ago men were essentially the breadwinners of families, their physical strength was required for manual labour jobs and they commanded respect from their great courage read more »

A number of recent US studies have revealed that fructose, the sugar found naturally in fruit, may be seriously damaging the health of those who consume it excessively. Worryingly, fructose is an extremely common (and often craftily hidden) ingredient in processed foods and is most commonly known as high-fructose corn syrup, a thick sweetening syrup read more »

A new report has highlighted the troubling extent of unhappiness in the UK workplace. According to the study by recruitment company Badenoch & Clark,  just over a third of the 1000 workers surveyed were happy with their current jobs and 1 quarter confessed that they felt ‘distinctively unhappy’ at work. Happiness at work is currently read more »