A study of 82 countries by researcher Michael Blume at Jena University in Germany found that those where the inhabitants worship at least once a week have 2.5 children whilst those who never worship have just 1.7 – not even enough to replace themselves. He calls it the Reproductive Advantage of Religiosity and predicts that [...]
It’s no longer just a question of “Does my bum look big in this?” but “what fruit is my bum?” Apparently pear-shaped women, such as Beyonce or Jennifer Lopez, are more at risk of developing dementia than apple-shaped women, such as Catherine Zeta Jones. Obesity is known to be bad for your health but it’s [...]
Despite what England fans might feel right now football competitions can make you happy as I said in an earlier post – but only in the short-term – and only if you are the host country. But even that doesn’t make you as happy as a good marriage. Married people are happier than single people (it could be [...]
Football can make people happier. Two economists tried but failed to prove that football was good for a country’s economy. But when they looked at national pride and happiness they got better results. They looked for changes in life satisfaction in 12 European countries over 30 years up to 2004, and especially looked at [...]
Apparently blue eyed people are seen as less dominant than brown-eyed people – regardless of whether or not they are attractive (see my earlier post; “Take me to your (tall and probably attractive) leader“). But it’s not just because of the eye colour. Czech researchers think it might be because people with blue eyes are treated [...]
