Burning incense is bad your your health, whether you’re a Catholic or a college kid. Burning incense and candles were shown to increase concentrations of dangerous particulates in the air of a Catholic Church on Christmas Eve. Levels of the worst class of particulates, which can cause problems with the heart, lungs and arteries, were found at levels up to nine times above background particulate levels. So there’s some ammo for next time you want to skip out on church to get some sleep, play some GTA, or eat some shrimp grits. Just don’t tell me about the shrimp grits.

Even babies can do math. So get over yourself, mathophobes. No really, 6 to 9 month olds were shown to be able to detect errors in simple arithmetic. Not quite , but pretty impressive for kids that aren’t old enough to think twice before crapping themselves.

We’re one step closer to Gleemonex. Scientists have created a breed of mice that are permanently “cheerful”. The first thing that I wondered was, how did they know the mice’s disposition? Apparently, after a series of electrophysiological and biochemical tests to gauge depression, the happy breed tested as if they’d been treated with antidepressants for three weeks. Unfortunately, the word “electrophysiological” doesn’t exactly have that “cheerful” ring to it. Next time, I’d like to see the mice dancing to “Funkytown“.