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A Melbourne reader's diary of an Indian comedy night: Raju Srivastava, Irfan Malik and Ali Hasan had a full house laughing at itself for four hours.

Pew's January 2013 study found 21% of Hispanics financially support both a parent and a child — vs 5% of whites — and Indian-American families have long

British headlines in the early 2010s announced that fat transfer, injecting a patient's own fat into the face, hands, or buttocks, had become more popular than…

Only a fraction of each Girl Scout cookie box reaches the local troop — so if your goal is to help the girls, handing the troop a donation beats buying a box.

A 2013 University of Miami study found people shown messages about tough times ate 40% more food — and reached for the high-calorie options first.

A University of Utah study found the people most convinced they can multitask are actually the worst at it — the most skilled multitaskers are the ones who

A 2012 University of Wisconsin study found men report more attraction to their female friends than women feel in return — and it can strain both friendships

The nightcap is sleep's most successful con: alcohol helps you fall asleep, then fragments the night, suppresses REM, and worsens snoring.

The most expensive foods are the most faked: olive oil, honey, spices, juices, and fish top the global food-fraud list. How to buy smarter.

Mary Kay Beckman sued Match.com for $10 million after Wade Ridley, a man she met on the site, hid in her garage and stabbed her ten times.

Cougar Town's Nicole Sullivan told Us Weekly that celebrity moms lie about shedding baby weight, saying she felt broken flipping through the magazines.

The car-insurance analogy for health coverage sounds intuitive but collapses on contact: bodies are not cars, and illness is not a driving record.

Lance Armstrong confessed to doping in a January 2013 interview with Oprah Winfrey, ending a decade of denials after USADA stripped his seven Tour titles.

Chronic sleep deprivation raises the risk of heart disease, diabetes, and dementia. Sleep is not downtime; it is maintenance.

Chicago lottery winner Urooj Khan died of cyanide poisoning a day after collecting his check. Police suspected foul play; no one was ever charged.

From eating breakfast to cutting white carbs, the diet strategies celebrities actually use, with honest verdicts on which ones are worth stealing.

A Social Security Administration employee in Baltimore was formally reprimanded in writing for excessive workplace flatulence, and the internet noticed.

Gallup's 2012 global wellbeing poll found Latin Americans the most positive people on earth and Singaporeans the least, proving money is not happiness.

A meditation on December: the year's final month as a season of reckoning, ritual, and the quiet arithmetic of what the year added up to.

Christian parents in Encinitas, California threatened to sue their school district over classroom yoga, calling it Eastern religious indoctrination.