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Six common barriers to personal happiness and fulfillment and how to overcome them. Happiness can be a paradox: The more you reach for it, the more it seems to slip through your fingers. “Ask yourself if you’re happy, and you cease to be so,” says Darrin McMahon, PhD, author of Happiness: A History. How could this be true? Could it be you’re looking for happiness in all the wrong places? Do you think happiness… Continue

Steve Jobs Suffers from Rare Hormone Imbalance that Robs Proteins - Report NEW YORK - Apple Inc. founder and Chief Executive Steve Jobs, a survivor of pancreatic cancer, said Monday that a treatable hormone imbalance is to blame for the weight loss that has prompted worries about his health. Jobs, 53, said in a public letter that his thinness had been a mystery even to him and his doctors until a few weeks ago, when "sophisticated blood… Continue

How a Surfer Dude Stunned the World of Science With the 'Theory of Everything' A laid-back surfer has just drawn up a new theory of the universe that is blowing the establishment’s socks off. His theory is seen by some as the “Holy Grail of physics”, and is earning rave reviews from distinguished scientists. In fact, his model appears to be the elusive overarc… Continue

Fusion We Can Believe In - Dr. Bussard's Inertial-Electrodynamic Fusion (IEF) - aka Farnsworth's "Fusionator" Working on a shoestring budget, researchers have found no reason why a low-cost approach to nuclear fusion won't work. President-elect Barack Obama's pick for energy secretary has said he's aware of the approach, known as inertial electrostatic confinement fusion or Polywell fusion - and although it's probably not on his radar screen right now, it just might show up in the future. For… Continue

Conn. man's last lotto ticket wins $10M for widow DANBURY, Conn. — On the day that Donald Peters died, he unknowingly provided financial security for his wife of 59 years and their family. Peters bought two Connecticut Lottery tickets at a local 7-Eleven store on Nov. 1 as part of a 20-year tradition he shared with his wife Charlotte. Later that day, the 79-year-old retired hat factory worker suffered a fatal… Continue

Lead for car batteries poisons an African town THIAROYE SUR MER, Senegal — First, it took the animals. Goats fell silent and refused to stand up. Chickens died in handfuls, then en masse. Street dogs disappeared. Then it took the children. Toddlers stopped talking and their legs gave out. Women birthed stillborns. Infants withered and died. Some said the houses were cursed. Others said the families were cursed. The mysterious illness ki… Continue

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Why Men Spend: To Lure Mates Turns out that peacock tails and plasma screen TVs might mean the same thing from a biological perspective. Relatively recent overspending patterns among men are merely the result of an evolutionary drive to attract mates, according to new research from University of Michigan researcher Daniel Kruger. Prof. Kruger looked at a random sample of men aged 18-45 and asked them questions about how much they spend, save and what their relationship patterns were like. Kru… Continue

Wishing You All a Very Happy New Year* -- *Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, gender neutral, celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice rel… Continue

Alternative Medicine - Coconut, Figs, Apples, Onions, Carrots and Vitamin C Alternative medicine: Coconut Coconut is not only an active ingredient in many hair and skincare products, but is also an essential component in weight loss diets. Botanical: Cocos nucifera Family: Arecaceae (palm family) Habitat: The coconut tree grows throughout the tropics; its origin, however, remains unknown due to its ability to naturally pollinate over distances of thousands of miles. Description: The Cocon… Continue

Seven Things No One Tells You About Marriage The surprising, enlightening, and sometimes hard truths married folks all face -- and how they teach us about what love really means. You're smart. You know life is no storybook. But admit it: Somewhere deep in your subconscious lurk romantic visions of Cinderella, or maybe Julia Roberts. The images may be sketchy and a little outdated, but you can still make out the silhouette of the bride and Prince Charming riding off into the sunset. In real lif… Continue

'Killer' Australian flu strain set to spread across UK, experts warn Old people are particularly vulnerable to the flu, and hospitals are struggling to cope Experts are warning that the current outbreaks of flu are expected to intensify in the new year as the Australian strain that can be fatal spreads across the UK. The current flu epidemic - already on course to be the worst for eight years - will get worse a… Continue

Biohackers attempt to unstitch the fabric of life Meredith Patterson is trying to rewire the DNA of yoghurt bacteria in her living room so that they will glow green to signal the presence of melamine At a loss for things to do this woozy post-Christmas weekend? Well, if you have access to a garage or basement — or even just some extra room on your dining table — you could always take up a hobby that is ex… Continue

Father Time (known as Pakiž in some countries) is a personification of time. He is usually depicted as an elderly bearded man, dressed in a robe, carrying a scythe and an hourglass or other timekeeping device (representing time's constant movement). This image derives from many sources, including the Grim Reaper and Chronos, the Greek… Continue

Year of the hungry: 1,000,000,000 afflicted Despite the West's pledge to halve world hunger, the number of people who are short of food will soon reach a shocking landmark One billion people will go hungry around the globe next year for the first time in human history, as the international financial crisis deepens, the United Nations has told The Independent on Sunday. The shocking landmark will be pass… Continue

Toxic China Pet Jerky Still Making US Pets Sick FDA Continues To Receive Complaints About Chicken Jerky Products American Veterinary Medical Association More than a year after warning consumers about a possible link between certain chicken jerky products imported from China and illness in dogs, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues to receive complaints from pet owners and veterinarians claiming these produ… Continue

Report: Toyota developing solar powered green car TOKYO -- Toyota Motor Corp. is secretly developing a vehicle that will be powered solely by solar energy in an effort to turn around its struggling business with a futuristic ecological car, a top business daily reported Thursday. The Nikkei newspaper, however, said it will be years before the planned vehicle will be available on the market. Toyota's offices were clos… Continue

Shhh! Gadget racket threatens pulsar research GREEN BANK, W.Va. - Of all the threats to scientific research Wesley Sizemore has stymied over the years, satellites and cell phone towers don't stick in his memory quite like the possessive old hound and its treasured heating pad. Sizemore is an interference hunter, vigilantly pursuing stray electromagnetic signals that bedevil researchers at the National Radio Astronomy Obser… Continue

A new year's resolution: Could we be a little more polite, please? 2008 saw an increased amount of rudeness. This New Year we should try to make common courtesy rather more common. By Michael Deacon Two years ago I was travelling by train from London to Edinburgh to spend Christmas with my family. All the seats were taken, so I had to stand in the aisle. I wasn't the only one. Standing a few feet away from me was an elderly man who looked familiar. The sergeant-major posture, the aquiline nos… Continue