Experiments conducted by researcher Herbert Krugman reveal that, when a person watches television, brain activity switches from the left to the right hemisphere. The left hemisphere is the seat of logical thought.

Here, information is broken down into its component parts and critically analyzed. The right brain, however, treats incoming data uncritically, processing information in wholes, leading to emotional, rather than logical, responses.

The shift from left to right brain activity also causes the release of endorphins, the body's own natural opiates--thus, it is possible to become physically addicted to watching television, a hypothesis borne out by numerous studies which have shown that very few people are able to kick the television habit.

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The first simulation of how healthcare professionals would cope with a terrorist attack involving smallpox will be carried out in Wales tomorrow.

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'Coles and Woolworths are not giving the public a cent, they're not giving the public a discount,' the association's policy adviser Gerard van Rijswijk told the inquiry. 'At the end of the day you have a sham system out there where people think they are getting a discount.'

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A WEEK-long campaign of mayhem involving every major protest group in Sydney will cause mass CBD disruption during next month's APEC summit.

The Daily Telegraph reports APEC organisers are bracing for protests from a range of radical groups that are also recruiting high school students to take part.

The revelations of the chaotic plans came as police yesterday issued a strong warning to parents that they could not guarantee the safety of children caught up in the protests.

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The words 'I am...' are potent words;

be careful what you hitch them to.

The thing you're claiming has a way of reaching back and claiming you.

A. L. Kitselman

inspirationpeak.com

Posted: 5:26:29 PM  

Division of genders really is colour coded

It's official.
Blue is the most popular colour and women really do prefer pink, and reddish shades of blue like lilac and purple.

;-)

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Ancient explorers set sail expecting to encounter dragons on the world's unknown oceans. NASA's twin Voyager spacecraft are searching for dragons of a different sort as they enter the boundary of our solar system ñ cosmic "dragons" that breathe a strange fire of high-speed atomic fragments called cosmic rays.

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A volcanic eruption that buried a Mayan village 1,400 years ago preserved a manioc field -- the first evidence that the nutritious crop was cultivated by the ancient people, researchers said on Monday.

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After 20 days of searching, the body of the 13th and final fatality in the Aug. 1 Minneapolis bridge collapse has been pulled from the Mississippi River.

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The surveillance program allowed federal security officials to eavesdrop without a warrant on communications by suspected terrorists transmitted between the United States and other countries.

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The summit hosted in Montebello, Quebec, by Canada's prime minister for the presidents of Mexico and United States was shortened Tuesday due to Hurricane Dean.

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