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Subliminal messages can be powerful, even though we aren’t consciously aware of them. Research has shown that more men named “Ken” move to Kentucky and more women named “Florence” move to live in Florida than would be likely if these were random choices. Also, more men named “Dennis” become dentists and more women named “Laura” become lawyers. Is there really such a thing as coincidence?

In LiveScience.com, Melinda Wenner writes that scientists who study the brain say that we really don’t know who we are, and most of what drives our thoughts and action is unconscious. Researcher Joseph LeDoux says, “The intuitive everyday idea about the sense of self and its control over behavior is as incorrect as the idea that the earth is flat.”
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Cosmetics can cause surprising problems. Is your mascara clumpy? Your liquid foundation thickening? Can’t remember what year you bought your half-used lipstick? Dermatologists say your old makeup may be causing you blemishes or even worse?it could lead to a dangerous infection.

Dermatologist Angela Bowers warns that old makeup could be harboring dangerous bacteria. So how do you know when to throw them out? Bowers says, “It’s difficult to know because cosmetics usually don?t include expiration dates.”
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We’re learning how to grill safer burgers, but in order to fight global warming, we may have to give up our hamburgers and become vegetarians.

The problem is not just that cattle farts produce methane, which is a major greenhouse gas. In New Scientist, Daniele Fanelli quotes Karen Batra, of the Colorado National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, as saying, “Methane emissions from beef cattle are declining, thanks to innovations in feeding practices.”
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dust-filled “brown clouds” of pollution coming from Asia could be causing as much global warming as greenhouse gas emissions. Even more trouble from China: they have announced that the Dalai Lama has no right to “recognize” reincarnated living Buddhas, meaning they can install anyone they want as the leader of Tibet, effectively ending an ancient the religion.
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