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Well yawning isn’t the only thing that’s contagious, apparently so is drinking. If you partied hard on Friday night, it is more likely that your close friends did too.
Nicholas A. Christakis, Harvard Medical School professor and Pforzheimer House Master, recently released these findings in a new study. Along with obesity, loneliness, death, happiness, and smoking, drinking is now being labeled as a pastime that can affect those around you.
By using a social network of over 12,000 people during a span of 32 years, Christakis was able to analyze the impact of this network on the clustering of drinkers and non-drinkers and the subsequent consumption of alcohol. He also examined the nature of social ties, noting that...
Next time you and your roommate wake up with raging hangovers, you’ll know that whoever took the first sip made the other 50% more likely to drink. Make sure to guilt that friend into bringing you breakfast in bed and some Advil. After all, drinking (like yawning...
From Yunnan eastward through Sichuan, Guizhou and Guangxi, parts of the country have not had rain since October and approximately 24 million residents are short of water. In March, Wen Jiabao, China's Premier, toured Yunnan for three days, pledging governmental aid and advocating water-conservation efforts. Chances are that...