BRAIN STRUCTURE IS DIFFERENT IN PEOPLE WHO HAVE INSOMNIA

Everyone has trouble falling or staying asleep from time to time. But for the three to five percent of the general population with primary or chronic insomnia, the issue persists for a month or more, for no clear reason. Having insomnia for that long can make you feel sleepy and irritable during the day and cause memory problems or even anxiety and mood disorders.

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Tech has a diversity problem, and that problem is culture

I’ve heard it before and so have you. We need more women in tech. We need more minority engineers. Everyone from Jesse Jackson and evenPresident Obama has made a call for more inclusive policies in tech companies. But it still hasn’t happened. You need only look at the recent numbers released by Google, Facebook and Apple to see that white men still top the charts when it comes to their employee count. It all seems hopeless.

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How a Condom Factory Rolls Out Millions of Rubbers a Day

THE SUN IS coming out and your clothes are coming off. It’s time for a spring fling, baby. But are you ready for action? Sales for one of the world’s biggest condom manufacturers, Ansell, heat up with the temperature, whether it’s the company’s Lifestyles line in the US and Australia, KamaSutra in India, Manix in France, or Blowtex in Brazil. To keep up with demand, 5 million condoms slide off factory lines every day—hopefully never to slip off anything else again.

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