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Carlin Flora

A Boon for Caregivers
Here's one way to live a long life. The effect of altruistic acts is surprisingly powerful.
Consumerism: One Choice Too Many
Variety is the spice of life, but too much spice can leave your tongue on fire. Americans have too many things to choose from, and the result is a society of stressed-out and unsatisfied customers.
Big Egos in Business
Narcissists are considered a liability in business. But sometimes their lack of empathy and inherent selfishness helps them rise straight to the top.
Keeping Workers and Companies Fit
Some companies offer financial bonuses to employees who keep fit. Companies see that healthy employees equal healthy balance sheets.
Household Bliss for Same-Sex Couples
Equitable division of labor and child care helps produce domestic peace and harmony in same-sex unions.
Leaning on Caffeine
If you're depending on coffee to keep you awake, make sure you know what you're doing.
Keeping Your Mind Sharp
A healthy heart keeps your brain fit. It keeps your brain mentally and physically in shape and protects it from cognitive decline.
Testing: RIP for the SAT?
The SAT is the nation's oldest and most widely used college admissions test. It is also a big business, earning the College Board millions each year. But critics say that the test is a poor predictor of academic performance in college.
Spice Up Your Brain
Spicy foods like curry can help preserve brain function and slow Alzheimer's disease.
Unwanted Thoughts
Things we sweep under the rug and thoughts we try not to think about fill our minds while we dream.
Seeing by Starlight: Celebrity Obsession
From Princess Diana to The Donald, A-listers teach us how to grab life's goodies—or so we're wired to think. What we actually learn from celebrities may surprise you.
The Timid Die Young
Being overly fearful can hurt your health. There may be a link between fear of novelty and an early death.
The Once-Over
Can you trust first impressions? Initial encounters are emotionally concentrated events that can sometimes overwhelm us—but they often contain important elements of the truth.
An F for Fat
Should kids get marks for personal health? Tackling the growing problem of childhood obesity.
The Blirtacious Wives Club
A pattern in unhappy marriages.
Cubicle Crush
Have a crush on a coworker? Perhaps it's biological. We long to be close to those who are close by.
Music: Opiate in A Minor
Pleasant music can soothe pain, but does annoying music do the same?
Are You Envied?
Success can bring rejection, but graciousness can counter green-eyed envy.
Why You Think You'll Never Stack Up
The pursuit of prestige has an upside. The quest for cash and cachet—and envy of others' good fortune—are not simply base instincts to be overcome. A bit of status anxiety is a good thing, so long as you understand what you really covet and why.
Final Analysis: Davy Rothbart
A voyeur's penchant for snooping on strangers. Not to mention the small moments in life and how to be less lonely.

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