Things work better apart, at least for men Surprisingly a new European piece of research on marital status and its financial results shows divorce or separation makes men richer, while moving in together or getting married makes them poorer. Check it out! Playing games, meeting people… According to a recent study, not only don't video games affect people's college lives, but they also favor a multitask-oriented lifestyle and social skills, thus dodging the stereotyped belief that they're alienating and a waste of time. Read it next. A new era of cancer treatment beginning? Read on how contemporary knowledge on our genes is helping us sort it out. Nothing better to assimilate things than sleeping - at least so say scientists. New tests on mice could lead to better future treatments for skin disorders and healing techniques. Extra News > On the medical application of illegal substances: Canada's government is willing to sell marijuana to those legally entitled to smoking it.		July 17th, Thursday, 2003, ip nº48 That old rusty habit: friendship Cruising the Global Meat Market A recent ABC report issues how singletons across the continents are getting in on the global market of Internet dating, a resource for lonely people to find either a spouse or sexual partners. Besides, there's also a growing field known as "social software" - social-networking services that help people find dates and new friends. It's clear to both businessmen and researchers that people don't want to be alone. But even if avoiding loneliness is the purpose, in light of the current failure of marriage, why not start conceiving new relationships for singles? Are we forgetting that there are different ways of connecting to people other than marriage and coupling? Link: http://abcnews.go.com/sections/world/Relationships/ Link: http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,59650,00.html/wn_ascii Leaving home, embracing the future Palestinian Mob Attacks Pollster Over Study on 'Right of Return' The next piece talks about the resentment and disbelief a region-wide survey among Palestinian refugees awaked between some Palestine organizations and even authorities. The study shed light on the refugees' views, who appear to be more concerned with living their lives fully -even if that means not returning to their hometown- than with embracing some nationalistic pride. The article constitutes a nice contemporary reference to the attitude of living in the present instead of losing oneself in today's nostalgia culture, giving up some pre-imposed cultural alliances, and pondering personal happiness. Link: http://www.riorevuelto.org/news/ipmail_48_5.html Appeared in www.whatthenationthinks.com (UK).		> More on creativity issues: It seems that marriage and parenthood have a dampening effect on man's creativity. Physiologists think that when men settle down, they stop competing for attention and therefore they also stop seeking self improving and innovativeness. And find out how work could affect creation too. Privacy Issues Now it's your time to spy! Researchers at MIT are to thank for a new program for prying on government moves. And TIA program faces premature death. Meanwhile, read on the dangers of modern wireless networks. Go to privacy concerns section, clicking here. New evidence revealed this week points out that people in Bs. As. are having fewer children. Marriage and church weddings in England and Wales are barely half as popular as they used to, figures from the Office for National Statistics showed. Lastly, The United States could lose their tech supremacy.