Less housework, more sex
Husband, want to get more sex? Easy stuff: give her some good help with the housework. A study suggests that in a relationship, the payoff for doing more chores could be more sex. Read more
Filed Under Modern Life, Research
Islamic Jesus
Named the Iranian version of Gibson’s Passion of the Christ with two different endings -one from the Christian Bible and the other from the Koran- “The Messiah,” a movie directed by Iranian Nader Talebzadeh, was made with the aim to explain the theological similarities and differences between the two faiths, and to increase the amount of dialog among religious thinkers, particularly across the USA and Iran, or in other words, for Christians in the west and Muslims in the east. Read more
Filed Under Diversity, History & traditions
The biggest pop culture auction ever
Interested in buying some outlandishly worldwide famous objects? How about Charlie Chaplin’s cane, Houdini’s straightjacket or a Charles Manson’s handwritten document? How about Andy Warhol’s paintbrush or the same gun that killed JFK assassin?
With some good cash (and surely plenty of it) now you can owe a part of “the best pop culture collection” ever assembled. Eight hundred and fifty of the most extraordinary objects imaginable from the worlds of motion pictures, popular music, magic, television and politics were gathered over the past 25 years by Anthony Pugliese, a South Florida property developer, and will be put up for auction next month in Las Vegas. Read more
Filed Under Environment, Events, Media & Society
Are you breathing now?
These are the first three things you most likely do when you turn on the computer: you check your email, you reply to some and then, you stop breathing. Yes. Just like most people around, you hold your breath or breath very shallowly, especially when responding to emails.
This modern (and certainly bizarre) diagnosis is called email apnea, a temporary absence or suspension of breathing or shallow breathing, while doing email. Read more
Filed Under Media & Society, Modern Life, Research
Gays the cause of earthquakes?
Wikipedia says that an earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth’s crust, but a Member of Knesset (Israeli parliament), has a different opinion; he believes that this seismic phenomenon is caused by homosexuality. Read more
Filed Under Diversity, Events, Media & Society
Why mankind embraces God?
Who knows when it all started, the fact is that religion has been here pretty much since the beginning of human existence. We have been polytheistic, worshiping more than one god. We have been pantheistic, believing that universe itself was divine (god is everything) and finally, some of us came to the conclusion that god was one with monotheism. Read more
Filed Under Diversity, Research
Interactive charity
Perhaps it sounds too selfish, but the truth is that it can be hard to give away our money to pretty much anyone, including a family member or loved one when they are in need. This human attachment to the value of cash makes it almost impossible for us to donate some to a cause, because, after all, how can be sure about the real final destination of it?
But in the name of humanity, here comes technology. Read more
Filed Under Media & Society, Technology, World Health