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How did the human animal, a finicky creature with seemingly insatiable appetites for sex, food and conflict, evolve from a randy cave dweller in a loincloth to a Dockers-wearing stay-at-home Dad?

Why are some people driven to succeed, their foot firmly applied to the gas pedal of life, while others allow their foot to hover over the brake, taking the scenic route? The difference between A-type overachievers and those mellow ambassadors for the phrase “chillax” may come down to brain chemistry, or more specifically, how the brain experiences pleasure.

If you’re struggling to come up with a creative solution to a problem maybe you need to take off your thinking cap and put on your beer goggles—or so suggests a recent study (via Time.com) on the effect imbibing alcohol has on an individual’s ability to think creatively.

To delegate domestic duties or not to delegate domestic duties? Unfortunately, it’s not even a question contemplated by many women, who (rightly or wrongly) labour under the impression (heavy on the “labour” bit) that if they don’t do everything their way all the time at home then nothing will ever get done at all.

There’s nothing like going out to dinner with a friend—and her cell phone, which often sits perched just to the left of her plate. Ah, the deeply private conversations that get interrupted by vibration mode.