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Everybody happy on the internet. we need a little love right now with all of this -- >> everyone would be in the happy control group. >> yes. my happy control group. actually honestly what i would it is i would show people the more personal intimate stories that maybe arent getting shown to us now that we know how the algorithms are manipulated by facebook. one of the things ive done, discovered in the research ive done specifically on emotional resonances within social networks is that people a...

Think small. what does that mean? >> we write about these economists who write about education like a lot of people do, and they noticed that when you look at a class picture of gung su province which is poor, none of the children were wearing glasses. thats either because they dont need them or dont have them or theres no myopia here. they did some tests and found out plenty of children needed them but didnt have them. they provided free glasses. half the class they left as a control group, lef...

Out plenty of children needed them but didnt have them. they provided free glasses. half the class they left as a control group, left them as is. and after one year, the kids who got the glasses were basically a full grade ahead. does that solve the education problem? of course not. but its an example of whoever is out there hearing this, whatever realm theyre working on, if you peel off a small piece where you actually get data, you can make some progress. i would rather have 100 smart people w...

Questions. >> the answer to those things is no. >> there is a lot to think about. >> you didnt think about answers, did you? >> you work 42 minutes a day. >> i would like to pose the question. i would like to start a dialogue. >> anyone, anyone? >> it was a dialogue nobody wanted. andy, should obama be impeached? thats the qhe on everyones mind. how bad must it suck to be in the control for this one? the control group is working the same amount of hours while his friend is working as many and ge...

Scientific. the first lady will be there. that e-mail goes out at 11:29 p.m. sunday night after he spent the weekend driving this guys ferrari around, while staying at guys multimillion-dollar lake house. the next morning, 10:00 a.m., the briefing happens with the ferrari ceo there and the first lady there and the health secretary, indeed, sends his senior policy adviser. nice work, if you can get it, right? the ceo pitches the case for his pill, says he has discussed this with governor mcdonnel...

Secretary, indeed, sends his senior policy adviser. nice work, if you can get it, right? the ceo pitches the case for his pill, says he has discussed this with governor mcdonnell personally. he suggests having virginia state government employees use the drug as a control group in research studies. that same day, the ceo meets privately with the first lady. the first lady asks the ceo, hey, what brand of watch are you wearing? he says its a rolex. she tells the ceo she would like to get one for g...

Doghouse so long he might as well get it renovated. jon: his brother instead of reaching out to help him videos the whole thing. >> reporter: all about the business. jon: patti anne, thanks. jenna: a new study look as the over all effects of extreme exercise by zeroing in on ultrarunners who cover distances longer than the 26.2 marathon distance revealing a little bit how our bodies endure with more exercise. might pale surprise you. joining us dr. kevin campbell from the university of north car...

Brosurance. now were trying to get young women interested in signing up. youve teamed up with progress now colorado education, thats a group thats working with you on these new ads aiming to reach we women. i have to tell you i have a lot of women who work on this show and they were pretty offended by this first ad. what kind of feedback have you been getting? >> well, weve been getting a lot of feedback since we launched those ads yesterday, positive and negative. but what weve seen is that the...

Sugar is almost as bad as salt, it turns out. it is in things we dont even know. first tell us about the study. >> this is a very for one. it was published in new england jurn afl medicine. comes from seattle. they looked at about 2,000 pr advertise pants and followed them for long enough period that nice thing about the study is they looked at both diabetics and nondiabetics and had a control group and were able to see that among diabetics, you have an increase of 41%, increased risk of dementi...

Salmon, fish, nuts are absolutely great for you, fruits and vegetables, and really replace and push all that red meat and processed meat out of your diet. what you do is you dont want to have a drastic change. you want to do it very slowly, but this is a very significant and exciting one, and i encourage a lot of people to really start doing this. >> eric: fish, chicken, turkey? >> jamie: they left something out. youre in spain and not drinking red wine, sangria? is that okay? >> well, let me te...