Do you have neurotic asthma?

A research team from Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States wondered if stressful life events, neurotic traits, and extroverted characteristics could trigger adult asthma. What they found out could make you hysteric!
 

Women show optimism, trust are keys to long, healthy lives

A U.S. research team studied the rates of death and incidences of chronic diseases in a large number of women, and compared them with whether the women were optimistic or pessimistic, and either trusting or distrusting. So, do you see yourself mostly happy or sad, and do you trust or distrusts people?
 

Personalising the desktop wallpaper in Ubuntu

In a continuing series of articles highlighting that GNU/Linux is a viable replacement operating system, today we're exploring how to set the desktop background (also known as "wallpaper") on the popular Ubuntu distribution.
 

Study finds hot drinks make warm friends

A U.S. study has shown that a steaming hot cup of coffee helps volunteers to describe a stranger in “warmer” terms than a iced coffee. So, if you are trying to win over someone, try it with a cup of hot chocolate.
 

How the common cold reveals your true personality

There is nothing worse than catching the common cold. Nothing, that is, other than having someone decide to identify your personality type by the way you react to being ill...