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Maybe I'm crazy , but I don't think there's anything more subjective than comedy. If you've ever told the same joke to more than one person, the reaction will probably differ. Now imagine trying to settle the question of whether men or women are funnier. I wouldn't jump into that dispute. But Science says it can settle the issue, once and for all! Yeah, right...

A new study has some good news for women; drinking more coffee may help reduce the risk of depression. The study, in this week's Archives of Internal Medicine, looked at over 50,000 older women taking part in the continuing Nurses'  Health Study.

You've been hearing it for a while now: Research indicating chocolate (especially dark chocolate) can help reduce blood pressure, "bad" cholesterol, and plaque buildup on arteries. But no one had ever studied if eating chocolate could help cut back on heart attacks and strokes. Until now...

No parent is going to want to hear this, but a new Canadian study says that lying children are really just developing their intelligence. The research was done at Toronto University's Institute of Child Study, looking at 1,200 children aged 2 to 17.

A new study from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says the number of smoking images in American movies went down by more than 50 % over the last five years. Even better, scenes that featured smoking in G, PG, and PG-13 - rated movies were down by more than 70 % in the same period.

The problem with new medical studies it just makes things more complicated! Too little sleep is bad, but too much sleep can be bad! What's a person to do? People who sleep less than