It may be time to tailor students’ class schedules to their natural biological rhythms, according to a new study from UC Berkeley and Northeastern Illinois University. Students’ biological clocks often conflict with their class schedules, negatively impacting their academic performance. Researchers tracked the personal daily online activity profiles of nearly 15,000 college students as they…

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Roma sporting director Monchi explains why he’s mentoring Francesco Totti – “he’s a superhero, it’s unthinkable not to use his powers”. The Giallorossi legend retired at the end of last season, and he’s now taken up a role as a director with the club. Er Pupone has been working closely with the transfer guru, and…

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South Africa 313 for 6 (Markram 152, de Villiers 69, Cummins 3-53) v AustralianScorecard and ball-by-ball details HIGHLIGHTS – Australia hit back after Makram’s 152 Aiden Markram owns his style of batting: languid, fluent and dominant. Against a bowling line-up that, save Pat Cummins, lacked penetration or oomph on a pitch offering sufficient seam movement,…

Möge ich frei von Ärger und Krankheiten sein. Möge es mir gutgehen. Möge ich glücklich sein. So fängt man an mit der Metta-Meditation, einer der populärsten und ältesten Formen buddhistischer Meditation: Man übt, sich selbst etwas Gutes zu wünschen und landet dann bald schon bei: Erst denkst du mal an dich und dann an die…

In conversations with CNBC, employees questioned the Connections program’s true anonymity and said they feared potential backlash if they give negative feedback about their jobs and managers. « There’s just no way you’re going to answer it honestly without an absolute guarantee that it’s anonymous, » said one person at the company. Two managers said the feedback…

REUTERS/Adnan Abidi An explosive memo detailing Facebook’s cutthroat growth mentality was leaked to BuzzFeed and published on Thursday night. But some Facebook employees think the real problem is leakers, according to posts leaked to The Verge. Facebook is reeling after BuzzFeed on Thursday published an explosive memo from the senior Facebook leader Andrew Bosworth. Bosworth,…

Many churches across Venezuela will be unable to offer a Eucharist this Easter due to a chronic lack of flour used to produce the communion wafer. The lack of flour is a direct result of the economic crisis currently faced by the failed socialist state, which has triggered skyrocketing rates of hyperinflation and vast shortages…

It was a Davos for digital hucksters. One day last June, scammers from around the world gathered for a conference at a renovated 19th century train station in Berlin. All the most popular hustles were there: miracle diet pills, instant muscle builders, brain boosters, male enhancers. The “You Won an iPhone” companies had display booths,…