Eating food with an ex-lover sparks more jealousy with one‘s current partner than meeting that same person for coffee, U.S. researchers suggest.Study co-authors Kevin M. Kniffin, a postdoctoral researcher at Cornell University’s Dyson School of Applied Economics, and Brian Wansink, the director of Cornell’s Food and Brand Lab, measured the amount of jealousy reported by current romantic partners if one of them were contacted by an ex-lover and subsequently engaged in several food- and drink-base

A victim of a bizarre case where a girl posing as a boy tricked two of her female friends into dating her said she never suspected her "boyfriend" to be a girl, Daily Mail reported Monday.Earlier this year, British police arrested who they thought was a 19-year-old boy Aaron Lampard on suspicion of sexual assault to his teenage girlfriend Alice. However, when the police ran a strip search on Lampard, they found out that "he" was actually a woman. Police found that the suspect, Gemma Barker had b

After breakups, almost 90 percent of people check up regularly on their ex-boyfriends or ex-girlfriends on Facebook, according to a master’s thesis by a student at the University of Western Ontario in Canada.For her thesis named “It’s Complicated: Romantic Breakups and their Aftermath on Facebook,” Veronika Lukacs, 25, a media studies graduate, surveyed 107 people who had experienced a breakup in the past 12 months.Of those surveyed, 88 percent said they keep an eye on their former lovers on Fac

A single mother of four children from North Carolina, donated her kidney and ultimately saved five lives.Honica Brittman, 35, decided to donate her kidney after seeing her family member struggle to get a kidney. She found a program named “kidney swap,” where there is a waiting list of people who need a kidney. When someone on the waiting list receives a kidney, the recipient’s loved one donates their kidney to someone else on the waiting list. Brittman started the chain reaction by donating her

College students with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder need support from family members and university staff to succeed, a U.S. researcher says.Kristy Morgan, a recent doctoral graduate in student affairs and higher education at Kansas State University in Leavenworth, said ADHD affects 1 percent to 4 percent of college students and the transition from high school to college is the most difficult. Morgan interviewed eight freshmen -- four men and four women -- to talk about their transiti

Former Minister of National Defense Chang Do-yong passed away in Orlando, Florida on Friday. Chang, 89, had been suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. Chang was the one of the last retired generals imprisoned by the Park Chung-hee administration in the early 1960s on charges of anti-revolutionary activities against the coup led by the late former president. Chang was the Army chief of staff at the time of the coup on May 16, 1961, and was appointed as minister of defense, and chairman of the revol

NEW YORK (AP) ― New York lost the 2012 Olympics, but the city’s bid for the summer games spurred another, visionary venture: building up the largest undeveloped parcel in Manhattan.While London got the games, New York was left with the best opportunity for development remaining in town.On Manhattan’s West Side, the old Hudson rail storage yards are surrounded by potholed roads, warehouses, low-rent brownstones, cheap delis and strip clubs. Crowds waiting for discount buses line 10th Avenue. And

Lee Kyoung-ook, post doctorate research scholar at North Carolina State University, was awarded the 2012 Mark Mills Award by the American Nuclear Society, the U.S. university said on its website Saturday. Established by ANS in the late 1950s, the award recognizes a graduate student author who submits the best original technical paper contributing to the advancement of science and engineering related to the atomic nucleus. Lee won the honors with his dissertation paper, titled “Particle Tracking

The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea in Gwacheon, south of Seoul, will hold a summer culture festival on Saturday nights, featuring music concerts, movie screenings and performances in its outdoor sculpture garden. The festival titled “Kill Your Stress, Heal Your Heart” aims to let visitors fight off stress through participating in a variety of cultural events and recharge themselves in natural surroundings. Various programs run from 5-10 p.m. on Saturdays from Aug. 11-25. It will feat

Healing emerges as keyword for mental health in stressful, highly competitive societyIn a desperate attempt to change herself and take charge of her life, a 44-year-old housewife visited the Saneum Art Therapy Center in Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi Province, last winter. Trapped in a prison of self-blame for being overweight, childless for years and having constant conflict with her husband, she was under extreme stress and feeling helpless, recalled her therapist Weon Jung-yen, director of the center.

The coolest places in the country to beat the summer heat with families and friendsIt’s just too hot. A heat wave warning was issued for the first time in Seoul this week and the heat wave is likely to scorch the country for a few more weeks. However, there is an escape. Try these extremely cool ideas for chilling out during the dog days of summer.Ice artIce Gallery, the world’s first indoor gallery exclusively for ice sculptures, is in Seoul. Located across Jeongdok Library in Hwa-dong near Sam