Smarter People Stay Up Later, Do More Drugs, and Have More Sex

Researchers in England have found that students studying at prestigious universities such as Oxford and Cambridge spend more on sex toys than their peers at other universities. Cambridge and Oxford's sex toy sales on just one website (Lovehoney.co.uk, who funded the research) totaled a staggering $31, 461. No word on what products they ordered, nor whether they kept their glasses on while they used them. 

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/news/smart-means-sex-and-drugs-and-staying-up
 

What Does 11 Billion People Mean for Disease?

By the end of this century, Earth may be home to 11 billion people, the United Nations has estimated, earlier than previously expected. As part of a week-long series, LiveScience is exploring what reaching this population milestone might mean for our planet, from our ability to feed that many people to our impact on the other species that call Earth home to our efforts to land on other planets. 

http://www.livescience.com/41479-11-billion-disease-outbreaks.html

Sugary Soft Drink Consumption Increases Endometrial Cancer Risk

 Postmenopausal women who consumed sugar-sweetened beverages were more likely to develop the most common type of endometrial cancer compared with women who did not drink sugar-sweetened beverages, according to a study published inCancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

http://www.aacr.org/home/public--media/aacr-in-the-news.aspx?d=3217