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Are First Class Cabins Driving Air Rage Incidents?
Sometimes air travel sucks. Delayed flights. Crowded airports. Stressed and testy airline employees. And planes always seem to be packed to the gills. Maybe it's not surprising that air rage incidents are up, with the International Air Transport Association reporting...
Tasmanian Devils, Rainforests, Art Museums, Oh My! Why This Island is a Must-Visit
My younger daughter studied abroad this past semester at the University of Tasmania and loved it so much she is transferring there to finish college. I've just spent the last ten days in Tasmania checking it out, and I can see why she loves it so much. This IFOD is a...
NASA’s Voyager Probes Carry Earth’s Mix Tape to Aliens – But the Batteries are Running Out
Voyager 1 and 2 are spacecraft that NASA launched in 1977 to collect information about Saturn and Jupiter. After making notable discoveries related to Saturn's rings, and Jupiter's atmosphere, Voyager 2 then flew by Neptune and Uranus and collected information about...
Prestige vs Dominance: The 2 Ways Humans Climb the Social Ladder
We're Wired to Care About Social Status We're wired to care about where we stand in the social pecking order: seeking and protecting social status is a primary human motivation. Like other group-living animals, our desire for higher status is an adaptive survival...
Prohibition Bootleggers: How Outrunning Cops Led to NASCAR’s Creation
From 1920 to 1933, federal law prohibited the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors” in the United States. This dark period of American history is known as "Prohibition." Even though alcohol was illegal, the U.S. didn't become a nation of...
I’m 53 But Feel 35 – And Science Says That’s Good For My Health
One of our interns this summer called me "Mr. Jennings" and the entire summer basically treated me like my age (53). It makes sense. He's 19, and his parents are about my age plus he's an intern and I'm president of the company. Yet, every time something like that...
The 4 Horsemen of Aging – And How to Outsmart Them to Add Decades to Your Life
Are you interested in not just living longer but living better? That is the primary topic of Dr. Peter Attia's excellent book Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity. Dr. Attia is an interesting guy. He trained as a cancer surgeon, left medicine to be a consultant...
The Vegan Effect: How Labeling Food as Vegan Impacts Ordering
I've followed a vegan diet for 21 years. I love it when a restaurant menu labels items that are vegan -- it makes ordering easier for me. But it turns out that labeling items as vegan dissuades people from ordering those items. Researchers at MIT conducted a study to...
What’s Up With All The Carjacking?
I've been hearing about a ton of carjacking in St. Louis. Stories from people I know who know someone who was recently carjacked or witnessed a carjacking. Plus, there seem to be more media reports about carjacking these days. There Have Been More Vehicle Thefts and...
More Than Just Fun and Games: The 4 Types of Play
Our waking activities fall within the broad categories of work, leisure, and play. These categories are relative. What one person considers work, another might consider leisure or play. And the context matters: if you have to read a book for work or school, it might...
The Poster Child of Overconfidence and Greed: Reflecting on Lehman Brothers 15 Years Later
Lehman Brothers failed 15 years ago today. The Financial Crisis had been brewing for over 18 months, but Lehman's collapse was an epochal event that brought the global financial system to the brink of collapse. The root of Lehman's failure was excessive risk-taking....
Mystery Solved: The Real Reason Zebras Have Stripes
Ever since Charles Darwin and Sir Alfred Russel Wallace developed the theory of evolution, naturalists have been hard at work figuring out why various animals evolved as they did, including why zebras are striped. Over the last century, various theories have included:...
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