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ALTRUISTS

Doing good does you good. Volunteers who help out for at least 100 hours a year live longer, healthier lives, a study of 13,000 adults carried out at Stanford University has found. “Humans are social creatures by nature. Perhaps this is why our minds and bodies are rewarded when we give to others,” said lead researcher Dr Eric Kim.

MODEST PEOPLE

People who rate more highly on tests for modesty are also more likely to be happy and are less prone to depression, a study carried out at Peking University has found.

FOOTBALL FANS

More than 20 of the 92 professional English Football League clubs could face flooding in their stadiums by 2050 due to climate change, a study commissioned by the Rapid Transition Alliance has found. And we thought there was enough diving already.

LATE EATERS

Eating dinner later in the evening may cause us to pile on the pounds, researchers at Johns Hopkins University have found. They found that people who ate at 10pm had higher blood sugar levels and that they burned less ingested fat than those that ate at 6pm.