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Now this may shock you, as it did me.  When you're in love, experts say, it's better to email than to leave a voicemail. Huh? According to a new research study from Indiana University, people might be more successful in finding love if they get an email rather than a message. The research suggests that, in this digital age, an email can be more effective in expressing romantic feelings than leaving a voicemail message, newswise.com reports. Previous research and conventional wisdom suggested the opposite, that a voicemail message is a more intimate way to connect with others, but that may not be true, particularly among millennials. “The bottom line is that email is much better when you want to convey some information that you want someone to think about,” says one of the authors, Alan R. Dennis, the John T. Chambers Chair of Internet Systems in IU’s Kelley School of Business.  Now keep in mind -- you can't take things back on email.  It's always th...

Back when I was first working I had a boss who had a stand-up desk.  You'd go into his office and he'd be standing while on the phone or typing on his keypad.  When we had meetings, he was standing most of the time. We all thought he was a little crazy.  Now a new study proves he was not.  (At least, about the standing!). We've recently learned that people who sit too much die younger. But research done by Washington University in Saint Louis has uncovered that standing up during meetings may make your creativity flair. Removing chairs could be a low-cost way to redesign an office space while also tackling the health effects of sitting in one place for too long, and this just adds to mounting evidence that a sedentary lifestyle is bad for people’s health. "Chairs provide great support during long meetings, but they may also be holding us back," says newswise.com. "Standing during meetings boosts the excitement around creative group processes and...

It's been said we're more afraid of it than death.  People don't sleep for nights before it.  It may even have broken up some marriages. What is it? Public speaking. But now a new study is saying that, instead of calming down -- taking deep breaths, imagining a beach with cooling breezes and gently lapping waves, a margarita beside us -- we should, instead, before a speech -- ride a roller coaster, see a scary movie, find a crowd and start the Harlem Shake.  Get excited, is the new mantra. People who tell themselves to get excited rather than trying to relax can improve their performance during anxiety-inducing activities such as public speaking and math tests, according to a study published by the American Psychological Association, newswise.com reports. "Anxiety is incredibly pervasive. People have a very strong intuition that trying to calm down is the best way to cope with their anxiety, but that can be very difficult and ineffective," the Web site q...