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Resolved: To Get More Sleep
We have Tiger Woods to thank for suggesting an off-label use of the prescription sleep aid Ambien®. Although there are plenty of people who would love their sex life to be more…
Read the story →How Many Couples Sleep Apart?
Every evening we change out of our clothes, kiss each other good night…and head off to sleep in our separate quarters. That’s rarely the expectation most couples have when they…
Read the story →Odds Of Winning A Jackpot
It is everyone’s dream to some day win a large sum of money in a jackpot, but the big question is, what are the odds of winning a jackpot. Millionaires…
Read the story →When Dreams Come True, Complete With Vampires
On the morning of June 2, 2003, Stephenie Meyer awoke from a vivid dream involving a sparkly vampire and an average teenage girl. The couple’s intense conversation, involving lust and…
Read the story →Gender Discrimination Persists in the Workplace
Women may outnumber men in the workforce and on US campuses, but gender discrimination hangs on stubbornly in the workplace. The oft-quoted statistic that women earn just 77 cents for every dollar earned…
Read the story →Splat: Odds from the Road Kill Database
The odds a collision on the roads of Michigan will involve a deer are 1 in 5.39. The odds such a collision will result in human fatality are 1 in 5,512. It…
Read the story →Behind the Numbers: Women and the Pulitzer Prize
2010 has turned out to be a pretty good year for women and Pulitzer Prizes. Of the named winners in the Journalism categories, half are women. In addition, Rae Armantrout…
Read the story →What Americans Believe About UFOs
Nearly half: in Gallup's July 2026 poll, 49% say all UFO sightings have human or natural causes; 37% say some are alien craft.
Read the story →How George Gallup Picked the President When the Biggest Poll Failed
In 1936 about 1 in 34 US voting-age adults returned a Literary Digest ballot; about 1 in 1,600 were in Gallup's final sample, which called the winner.
Read the story →Behind the Numbers: Crime in Vernon, CA
In Vernon, California the odds a person will be the victim of a reported violent crime in a year are 1 in 1.67 (60%). Those are exactly the same odds that a…
Read the story →THE DANGERS OF HOG & HORSE ACCIDENTS
When you think of the dangers of riding a motorcycle you might visualize a mound of crushed steel, bleeding gas and oil over the white lines of a highway. But…
Read the story →How Many Americans Go Fishing Each Year?
About 19 percent of Americans ages 6 and over, 57.9 million people, went fishing at least once in 2024, the 2025 Special Report on Fishing estimates.
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