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24 Aug

The world's biggest complainers

In the second story this week about Sweden, The Rundown is unhappy to report that the country has beaten Britain to the top spot in a poll of moaning countries. Brits can, however, seek some solace in the fact that they came ahead of the Australians.

Business travel not that great after all

The jet-setting lifestyle of the business traveller is not all it's cracked up to be, according to new research by NOP. A professor comments that students often like the sound of travelling the world on expenses, but the novelty soon wears off.

13 Aug

Radioactive decay for relationships

An Oxford graduate has adapted a system used for modelling atoms in radioactive decay for investigating dating.

Unfortunately no mention is made of how successful Richard Ecob's own lovelife is.

11 Aug

Most uni websites are 'masculine'

A vital survey of 32 university websites has found that 30 of them are 'masculine'.

Researchers at Glamorgan found that women like colourful pages with informally-posed pictures, while men preferred dark colours, straight lines and animation. Most uni sites fitted into the latter.

5 Jul

Men are braver than women

Women are the real wimps, according to researchers at Bath University who made volunteers stick body parts into hot and cold water.

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