In a country where the “exclusivity talk” doesn’t exist, how do you even know you’re dating? In a city where a coffee date requires the fashion-attention of a formal dinner in America or Australia, what do you wear? In an arrondissement where it is completely acceptable to let your dog besmirch any public space it pleases, why do you get thrown out of the supermarche for walking around barefoot? Wait, that last one actually makes sense…

Anyway, the question for wannabe-parisiens, burgeoning bordelais and aspiring avignonnais is this: how do you go about dating in France? Whether you’re a tourist with a bar job, a mid-life cris-ee with a visa, or an exchange student with a Hemingway complex, this article will (try) to help you find love. Or at least to understand why you are currently struggling.

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“The co-authors and I each have a general interest in Evolutionary Psychology. Given this interest we are also interested in mating; especially how males and females may look for different characteristics in a mate,” said study author Curtis S. Dunkel of Western Illinois University.

The researchers examined data collected from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, a long-term study which has tracked about 10,000 men and women from 1957 to 2011. They found that a woman’s physical attractiveness predicted her husband’s intelligence. In other words, more physically attractive women tended to have more intelligent husbands.

Read more at PsyPost.

It's a debate that plays out in everyone's head during a weekend brunch: Should I be eating this much bacon? Researchers have been diving into the question, too, specifically as it relates to cancer.

The question once again jumped to the forefront of people's minds with the recent release of a meta-analysis that concluded that bacon and several other types of meat are tied to an increased risk of breast cancer.

Read more at Live Science.

As most kindergarteners know, sharing is caring. That's also true for grownups, particularly those with a Netflix account.

Altogether, 3 out of 4 Americans are sharing streaming, shopping and mobile accounts such as Netflix, Hulu, Uber, Spotify, Amazon Prime and Airbnb with their family, friends and even exes, according to a new study by Country Financial.

Read more at CNBC.

Social Security provides retirement benefits to more than 47 million retired workers at the end of their careers, as well as provides support to family members of those workers. The vast majority of workers earn benefits by paying into the Social Security system through payroll taxes.

Yet what many people don't realize is that there are some workers who aren't part of Social Security. They don't have to pay Social Security payroll taxes on their earnings during their careers, but they also can't count on the program to provide retirement benefits. In particular, teachers and other public sector workers in 15 states across the country get left out of Social Security in many cases.

Read more at The Motley Fool.

From beauty shops to music studios, from Irish pubs to bait and tackle, Alton, Illinois get their own extreme makeover…business edition. Small Business Revolution co-hosts, and Deluxe Corp. Chief Brand and Communications Officer, Amanda Brinkman has already helped revitalize small businesses in both Wabash, Indiana and Borough, Pennsylvania. Now, in season three, Extreme Makeover Home Edition’s Ty Pennington is also joining the movement, hoping to not only grow these six chosen businesses, but also spread some love throughout Alton.

“Let’s face it, small towns in America could use a little love,” said Pennington. “Positive change is what this show really is all about…I sort of like to think [season three] it’s the best one yet but, then again, who am I to judge?”

Read more at Hidden Remote.

Cash-strapped Zimbabwe has turned to mobile money for additional treasury funding with a hike in taxes for mobile wallets and electronic payment transactions.

Zimbabwean business owners and consumers in the country say the new fiscal measure will push up costs in an economy already battling rising inflation and currency shortages.

Read more at Quartz Africa.

No sooner had the gavel fallen on the $1.4 million sale of Banksy’s iconic “Girl with a Balloon” artwork than it was destroyed by a shredder built into the frame.

It was a big moment and an even bigger statement, not least because it seemed to suggest that Banksy would prefer to make an artistic gesture than make a cool million.

Read more at Inquisitr.

Nearly 350 cities and communities in the United States have opted to increase the minimum legal sales age for tobacco products – including e-cigarettes – from 18 to 21.

On Monday, San Antonio, Texas, became the first city in the Lone Star state and 341st locality in the U.S. to enact a Tobacco 21 ordinance, 13 years after Needham, Massachusetts, became the first town to increase its minimum smoking age in 2005. The localities that have already bumped the age limit up range from big cities like Chicago and New York City to small cities and counties like Garden City, Kansas, and Adams County, Mississippi.

Read more at US News.

Communal living has moved beyond the college dorm and spread into housing communities nationwide. A select handful of these cohousing communties, which combine private homes, condos or apartments with shared living spaces, cater exclusively to the 55-plus crowd.

“Senior cohousing fills a significant demand in the marketplace for seniors that no longer want to live on their own, but don’t need assisted living,” says Kevin Vandenboss, broker at Vandenboss Commercial in Lansing, Michigan.

Read more at US News.