psychology

Waitress Kayleigh Barker should probably consider a career change as she has a phobia of tomatoes. She runs at the sight of one, which can be pretty tricky when someone orders a salad. ‘If there a tomato on my plate I will not go anywhere near it, I can’t even look at it,’ said the...

Researchers have also suggested that being smart and funny might have developed as a signal to women looking for a mate with healthy genes, reports The Daily Telegraph. The study examined 400 Vietnam War veterans who were asked to provide sperm samples and also put through extensive mental...

A ' sex toy show' at Northwestern University in Chicago featured a woman being brought to orgasm by a machine-powered saw that had a dildo where the blade would normally be. As a group of around 100 students looked on, the naked woman was penetrated by the phallic object in a human...

Eerily, 25 per cent of the UK adult population – or around 11m people - have experienced a ghost, according to research by spectre expert Professor Richard Wiseman. It’s a statistic that will send a shiver down the spine of the nation, especially as paranormal experiences are on the...

"Maybe you like to shoot people while thinking about a nice song ? Hmm ." Link Removed Have you ever stayed up late wondering to yourself, "Am I a sociopath?" If so, the answer to this question is no. Because someone who is truly a sociopath wouldn't care if they were or not, and they...

A leading US psychologist has patented a bra for the bum, which according to her, restores pertness to sagging buttocks Creator Karin Hart claims that the garment, featuring straps worn around the waist and under the buttocks, instantly shapes and adds tone to the rear. Hart said that she...

Link Removed A Freudian slip is a verbal or memory mistake that is believed to be linked to the unconscious mind. Common examples include an individual calling his or her spouse by an ex's name, saying the wrong word or even misinterpreting a written or spoken word. Discovered by Sigmund...

Meet the Woman Who Eats Couch Cushions Compulsions drive people to do very strange and unusual things. But eating couch cushions? That may very well be the strangest yet. Adele, a 30-year-old woman from Bradenton, Fla., recently came forward on a TV show about her bizarre taste for foam...

Doomsday: After Many Predictions, We're Still Here "Repent, repent, the end is near!" Or is it? How many times have we heard that in movies, on TV, throughout literature and in the Bible? Yet, as often as people have predicted a global apocalypse, we're still here, still intact. You've...

Link Removed Ibn al-Haytham's 11th-century Book of Optics, which was published exactly 1000 years ago, is often cited alongside Newton's Principia as one of the most influential books in physics. Yet very little is known about the writer, considered by many to be the father of modern optics...

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Link Removed - Invalid URL 1 Avoid smearing yourself in stale breadcrumbs unless absolutely necessary. 2 If threatened by a duck, climb a tree. Ducks, usually excellent climbers, refuse to share trees with anything else. 3 Carry a large automatic weapon with you whenever walking...

Link Removed June 30, 2008 Link Removed An 11-year-old "werewolf" boy who desperately seeks a cure for his condition is baffling medical experts. Pruthviraj Patil is one of 50 in the world who suffers from hypertrichosis, a rare genetic condition known as Werewolf Syndrome. As...