What Makes People Happy? Friends, Sex, And Short Work Commutes

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Is modern life making us feel lonely?

Julia Shaw hit traffic pay dirt earlier this week when she took to Slate to argue that twenty-somethings should follow her lead and get married now. Shaw got married at 23, and it seems to have worked out well for her. Amanda Marcotte responded by throwing some cold hard data on that argument, noting that women who marry later are less likely to get divorced and earn more, on average, than their earlier-marrying counterparts.

By Marc LallanillaLiveScienceBirds do it, bees do it — but how did 3-ton dinosaurs with sharp, pointed spikes on their backs and tails get it on? Very carefully, say some researchers, who believe mounting a female from behind would have proved deadly for the males of dinosaurs like Stegosaurus."The females could not raise their tails, because the bones at the top end were fused," Brian Switek, a di

All for one, and $1 million for all. Three long-time chums who made a pact to split the pot if one of them ever won the lottery got their payday last week, Georgia Lottery officials announced on Thursday. And to top it all, the threesome’s windfall was foretold by an after-dinner treat.