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The BBC investigates the state of relationships in Japan. Reminds me a bit of a recent piece in The Guardian entitled Why have young people in Japan stopped having sex?.

I'd guess that the rest of the world will shift closer to that Japanese scenario in the coming years. As the BBC documentary also outlines, though, it's not a scenario that seems to provide for a long-term stable society.

MI6 spy found dead in bag probably locked himself inside, Met says

"Williams's naked body was found in the padlocked bag, with the keys discovered under his body, in the otherwise empty bath in his flat in Pimlico, central London, in August 2010. Last year, a coroner concluded that Williams was probably unlawfully killed and his death the result of a criminal act." Now they're saying it probably was just an accident.

Unchecked feminist quotes: a list for MRAs, feminists, and anyone who likes factual accuracy

"There are a lot of web pages around the internet toting hateful and shocking quotes from allegedly well-known and influential feminists. While many are true, some have been taken out of context, misattributed, or are otherwise inaccurate in the woozle effect gone out of control. Here’s a list of the ones I was able to catch."

Jealous woman makes partner take a LIE DETECTOR test every time he leaves the house

"Debbi Wood, from Leicester, doesn't stop at lie detector tests either - she also checks his phone, email accounts and bank statements several times a day to find any hint of infidelity. ... The pair began dating two years ago after meeting through a friend, and despite Steve having to put up with being banned from watching women on TV or looking at pictures of them in magazines, he's stuck by her. ... 'Even if Steve pops out for 15 minutes to buy a pint of milk, I make him take a lie detector test as soon as he gets home.'" I'm guessing the guy here must have been unbelievably desperate.

Leiden scientists reveal link between what we eat and how we trust

"Colzato and her team's findings suggest that eating tryptophan-containing foods 'may promote interpersonal trust in inexpensive, efficient and healthy ways.'"

I ran across the following quote recently:

Buying a new car is always a fun time

Personally, there are few things that I dislike more than car shopping. To me the mere thought of going car shopping is almost enough to make heading to the dentist to get a root canal done sound appealing.

For the moment I've been surviving on Enterprise's weekend rental rates. Will have to see if I eventually cave in and buy a car again though.

Hadi Esmaeilzadeh on Dark Silicon

"Dark silicon is the fraction of chip that needs to be powered off at all times due to power constraints. ... Due to lack of high degree of parallelism and the severe degree of energy inefficiency in the transistor level ... In less than a decade from now, more than 50% of the chip may be dark. ... Moore’s Law that has effectively worked as a clock and enabled the computing industry to consistently provide new possibilities and periodically may stop or slow down significantly."

School Shut Down and Kids Hospitalized After 6th Grade Boys Spray Too Much Axe

Just to be clear, the closure was not due to the boys who applied the spray getting pursued by hordes of their female classmates.

Does Bacon Really Make Everything Better? Here's The Math

"Does bacon truly make everything better, as some cookbooks have boldly declared? When it comes to recipes online, the answer seems to be pretty much yes, according to a data-mining project from the folks at Wired.com. They teamed up with FoodNetwork.com to sift through 906,539 ratings on the cooking channel's website."

Al-Qaeda-linked rebels apologize after cutting off head of wrong person

Oops. It's a bit awkward when you get these confused.