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...information alone isn't enough. We all know we shouldn't smoke or pig out on fudge, but knowledge isn't as powerful as motivation; even Summers could stand to lose a few pounds. Old behavioralist joke: How many psychologists does it take to change a lightbulb? Answer: Just one, but the bulb really has to want to change. (See the top 10 scientific discoveries...
...diplomacy the world is used to seeing at these meetings. After all, we’ve come to expect deadlock on the most important issues. The last G-20 summit ended with nothing but an agreement to meet again, and the Doha round of international trade talks was a joke...
...popular joke deriding Medvedev: "Putin and Medvedev are customers in a restaurant. After Putin orders a steak, the waiter asks him, "And the vegetable?" Putin responds: "He'll have steak...
...pick up any motherhood dos and don'ts from your roles in movies like Mean Girls or Baby Mama? -Michelle Rotuno-Johnson, Cincinnati, Ohio I think I would be in real trouble if I learned mothering tips from either of those movies. There was a joke in Baby Mama where there was a stroller that, when it hit something, little air bags would come out. I do want one of those...
...mystery. One long accepted explanation had to do with the transition between the Julian and Gregorian calendars, when folks who continued to celebrate the old new year (which fell in late March or early April) were called April Fools. But that proved to be a bit of a joke because the calendar change was actually gradual and no one was quite caught off guard. Various other festivals have been cited as inspirations, including the east Asian festival of the burning of the scholars on the new moon of the fourth lunar month (the equivalent of April 1 in the western...