Reasons You Should Get A Dog

Aly DelaCouer, a dog trainer and founder of the new website WhyDoesMyDog.com, is proving that there is actually extensive scientific proof that it truly is a good idea to get a dog. Here are just a few of the SCIENTIFIC reasons to get a dog:

Healing Powers

Dogs boost your immune system and will help you recover from illness twice as quickly as you would on your own.

A recent survey by Dogs Trust found that you are 85% more approachable with a dog by your side and 60% of people find dog owners more attractive. Perhaps update your profile picture to include one with your pup!

Below Are 9 Scientific Reasons to Get a Dog and The Research to Back Them Up:

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Soon, our ocean floors will likely be occupied with hibernating U.S. military drones, just waiting to be roused from their slumber—emerging from the water to fly off on a mission as soon as a drone pilot, thousands of miles away, triggers them.
In 2013, DARPA announced its Upward Falling Payload (UFP) program, a concept for a network of drone-containing capsules deposited on the ocean floor. These drones-in-waiting would allow the United States to maintain a strategic and stealth (and relatively cheap) presence at military hotspots around the world where the U.S. Navy can’t continuously monitor.

Study: 30 Percent Of Female Doctors Have Been Sexually Harassed

Even saving lives doesn’t exempt women from the drudgery of workplace sexual harassment: 30 percent of high-achieving female physicians say they have experienced sexual harassment at work, according to a study published today in JAMA.

The Rapid Rise Of Slow-Motion Porn

Slow-motion porn can look like something totally different than human beings having sex. Individual ripples of flesh look like rolling waves. Fluids fly through the air along gravity-defying trajectories. Ordinary sexual acts look like the zoomed-in, high-def scenes from a nature documentary.

Losing But Not Done, Bernie Sanders’ Fans Are Getting Angrier

Bernie Sanders clinched a convincing victory over Hillary Clinton in Tuesday’s Oregon primary and landed a very close second in Kentucky. But, despite Sanders’ strong showing, he trails Clinton by a nearly insurmountable delegate margin. As the Vermont senator’s path to the nomination disappears, his most fervent supporters are moving from enthusiasm to anger.

Will This Be the Next Hot Luxury Home Market in Europe?

Beach houses in Croatia cost a fraction of what similar ones go for in Italy and Spain

Dubrovnik on Croatia's Adriatic coast.

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Luxury real estate in Croatia doesn’t have the caché of its more famous Mediterranean neighbors.  But this Balkan nation of 2.4 million boasts more than 1,200 miles of beautiful coastline on the Adriatic Sea and impressive beachfront villas, often selling for far less than ones sold in Greece, Spain and Italy.
“It’s much cheaper and the coast is more beautiful than Italy or Spain,” says Michael Grimm, a real estate agent based in Croatia and a former partner at Engel and Volkers.  “You can get a house on the beach or a sea view for $2,000 per square meter. In Italy it’s more like $10,000.”
Croatia has more than 1,000 islands, second in Europe only to Greece, and stunning natural beauty that should make it a more popular luxury second-home destination.
While residential property prices in Croatia have remained flat overall since the global recession, home prices in many of the most expensive and desirable coastal towns along the Adriatic Sea have been increasing.

New Therapy Would Treat Migraines With Light

Blue and white light made people feel much worse—but green light might make things better

By Alexandra Ossola

Illustration: Tara Jacoby

Sufferers say the pain of a migraine is like an explosion, like being bludgeoned in the head by bricks. And light and sound can make migraines worse, which often means that sufferers have to isolate themselves in dark, quiet spaces. Now researchers have discovered that green light might make migraine sufferers less sensitive to white light, and could even reduce their pain by 20 percent, according to a study published yesterday in the journal Brain.