Daydreaming? You're actually solving complex problems

"Scientists at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have provided vital scientific justification for staring vacantly from behind your desk: What your boss believes is bone idleness is actually your brain indulging in "complex problem solving"."

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/14/daydreaming/

Poverty Goes Straight to the Brain

"Growing up poor isn’t merely hard on kids. It might also be bad for their brains. A long-term study of cognitive development in lower- and middle-class students found strong links between childhood poverty, physiological stress and adult memory."

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/03/poordevelopment/

Symmetrical bodies wow the opposite sex

We may subconsciously gauge a person's reproductive fitness from the symmetry of their bodies
James Randerson, science correspondent


http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/aug/18/sexual.selection.body.symmetry