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The Illusion of Sex

Really, sex is an illusion? That’s not what she said!

Maybe they meant something entirely differently when the title was written.

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What you’re looking at isn’t an optical illusion, but is a play on the basic expected traits of men and women’s faces. The flusher lips of the left pic coincide with our expectations for women’s faces, as does the fairer skin. And it’s not just the illusion of lipstick; even without lipstick, we expect women’s lips to be more red than men’s. The difference in skin tone also brings to mind a recent a study suggesting that, on the whole, men’s faces are more red complected, while women’s are more green. Thus, even in the B&W photo, we infer that the darker complected face has the deeper reddish tone of masculinity; the lighter, the paler, greenish tone of femininity.

Via The Grand Narrative.

0 comments October 13th, 2009
Filed in Whatever Tagged with Cool•Is That Hot?•Research•Science

Journalists drink most, followed by IT drones

According to a recent study by the British National Health Service, journalists drink most, followed by IT employees. People working in media weekly average twice the recommended amount with 44 units. IT drones are also far above the recommended amount and drink 33 units/week according to the survey. The NHS recommends 21-28 units weekly for a man and 14 to 21 units for women.

People in the profession also drink 10 units more a week than the next heaviest drinking professionals – IT workers, who are closely followed by service-sector workers at 33 units, and people in finance, insurance and real estate at 29 units.

People working in education, transport and travel are the country’s most moderate drinkers, consuming an average of 24 units a week, although that is above the recommended limit for women and around the maximum for men.

The burning question now is What about bloggers? Are they converted IT drones or are they wannabe ~~alcoholics~~ journalists. I wonder if blogger is a recognized profession in the UK already. If it is, chances that enough of bloggers participated to be of any significance in the survey results are rather slim. But based on own experience and also by knowing several of my colleagues, I can tell you that bloggers also know how to lift a pint. More even, they tend to empty the glasses rather well. But our biggest usage is caffeine based.

Source: Finance Tech News.

0 comments June 16th, 2009
Filed in Science Tagged with Alcohol•Blogging•Drinks•Research

Breastfeeding may boost grades. Mum I can have some more, please?

According to a study, published in the Journal of Human Capital, breastfeeding can lead to an increase in grades. Researchers analyzed the breast feeding histories and high school grades of 126 siblings from 59 families.

The study … looked at the academic achievement of siblings — one of whom was breast fed as an infant and one of whom was not — found that an additional month of breastfeeding was associated with an increase in high school GPA of 0.019 points and an increase in the probability of college attendance of 0.014.

Source: UPI.com.