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Mean people are attractive because of their meanness, not in spite of it. What I call meanness is more officially known as the "Dark Triad" of personality traits—narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychopathy. Arecent study shows that people who exhibit these traits are better than people who score lower on the Dark Triad...

Researchers at Sweden’s Lund University have announced that they've been able to confirm the existence of element 115 on the periodic table. Their research is being published in this week’s edition of Physical Review Letters. This research team isn’t the first to create element 115, which is currently known as ununpentium. The first claim that ununpentium...

Halogen bulbs are used in everything from cars to residual lighting, and are similar to ordinary light bulbs. A glass material encases a chamber in which a gas resides, such as argon or nitrogen. At the center is a tungsten filament that burns white hot when it completes an electrical...

Why Girls Are Surging Past High School Boys On Their Report Cards From the 1980's to the 2000's, the achievement gap between girls and boys grew significantly. More girls are getting As, and boys are getting more Cs. It's reached the point where the mode in the distribution of girls'...

One of the biggest computer annoyances is when your machine gets slow over time. This can start to happen years after you get a PC, but sometimes it happens in just a few short months. Since we all use our computers for different tasks and activities, there isn't one single...

Most computer users don't take full advantage of the computer Mouse. Below are computer mouse tips and secrets that help you get the full potential of your computer mouse and increase your overall productivity while on the computer. Shift key and mouse click Many text editors and programs allow you to highlight all or portions of text using...

Every device connected to the public Internet is assigned a unique number known as an Internet Protocol        ( IP ) address. IP addresses consist of four numbers separated by periods (also called a 'dotted-quad') and look something like 127.0.0.1. Since these numbers are usually assigned to internet service providers within region-based blocks, an IP address can often...

// Abia Akram When it comes to having a support system, individuals with disabilities have close to none in Pakistan. They suffer not only their handicaps but also remain disadvantaged on various fronts be it education or social acceptance. However, some like Abia Akram, 28, break the shackles. Akram has become...

Today we'll discuss some secret dangers that are hidden behind that sweet refreshing diet soda. Side Effects of Drinking Diet Soda A new study has found that the artificial sweeteners in diet soda can cause weight gain, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, and heart disease, adding to mounting research about the potential health risks of...

The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has announced the ranking of Pakistani universities 2013 on the basis of quality and research. Addressing a press conference here on Friday, Chairperson Higher Education Commission, Dr. Javaid R. Laghari, here Friday said the primary purpose of the ranking exercise was to drive the higher education institutions Higher Education...

Right now, two of the most popular types of screens are LCD and LED. When you're looking for the right HDTV, that little one-letter difference can actually make all the difference in both picture quality, performance and price. First, the technical side of things: to truly understand the difference between LCD and LED,...

The “Supermoon” shines big and bright in some while obscure in other parts of the world as skywatchers get excited to catch sight of our celestial neighbor this year. This is the biggest full moon of the year or rather when the moon is closest to the earth, called the...