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Text-based fundraising is all about immediacy. You don't need to wait until you get home and turn on the computer. Simply enter a five- or six-digit code into your cell phone, along with a single word in the body of the text, such as "Haiti." You don...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Donating by Text: Haiti Fundraising Goes Viral | 1/13/2010 | See Source »

You can learn a lot about gambling if you're willing to analyze 27 million hands of online poker. Don't have time for that? No worries; sociology doctoral student Kyle Siler of Cornell University has done it for you. His counterintuitive message: the more hands you win, the more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Winning Can Mean Losing in Poker and Life | 1/13/2010 | See Source »

Small-stakes players also tend to do better with small-denomination cards. A pair of jacks may easily beat a pair of fours, but people who don't gamble much tend to win more with the fours - or with any cards from twos to sevens. That's because the cards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Winning Can Mean Losing in Poker and Life | 1/13/2010 | See Source »

So what does this have to do with you if you don't gamble? It's the wrong question because, actually, you do. Investing, driving, buying a house and merely crossing the street are all acts that involve discernible risks and uncertain rewards. The more small returns you get from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Winning Can Mean Losing in Poker and Life | 1/13/2010 | See Source »

"This was encouraging to see," says CDC obesity expert Dr. Bill Dietz. "The results don't mean we've beaten the epidemic, but they do suggest we've stopped the progression."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obesity News: Americans Not Getting Fatter | 1/13/2010 | See Source »

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