New mother who admitted there was ‘no lightning bolt of love’ when her son was born wins praise from fellow mums who felt ‘nothing but numbness’ – and say ‘romantic’ notion of instant bonding is ‘dangerous’ for mental health Novelist Libby Page told Twitter that maternal love for her four-week-old son had been ‘less like … Read more
The mute button hung over the second and final presidential debate like a sword of Damocles on Thursday night – with many tuning in with the hope of seeing their least-favorite candidate getting cut off mid-sentence. In the event the button hardly featured, the mere threat of it seemingly enough to get both candidates to … Read more
A recent ‘experiment’ has disproved the urban legend that Twinkies last forever while igniting interest about biology. A Pennsylvania man tried eating eight-year-old Twinkies, only to find they tasted like ‘rotting ginkgo fruit.’ Researchers were called upon to investigate the ‘mummified’ and moldy cakes, one of which took a drill to get through but still … Read more
Vitamin D will not protect you from depression: Large study debunks myth that the ‘sunshine supplement’ reduces the risk of mood disorders Previous studies have linked low blood levels of vitamin D with higher risk for depression in middle-age and old age Researchers gave half of a group of 18,000 men and women vitamin D3 … Read more
When it comes to radical activism, there are few who can hold an ethically-sourced candle to Michael Shellenberger. At 16, he threw his first fundraising party for a rainforest conservation group. At 17, he lived in Nicaragua to show ‘solidarity’ with the Sandinista socialist revolution. By his early 20s, he was raising money for Guatemalan … Read more
The North Korean state newspaper has admitted that the country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, cannot bend space and time after years of mythologising him. The admission from the Rodong Sinmun newspaper is the latest sign that the country is moving away from propagandizing myths about its leaders, and is instead taking an approach that focuses … Read more