Bad week for:

who report lower self-respect and derive less pleasure from life than omnivores, a new study found. The primary problem, said researcher Dr. John Nezlek, is that “vegetarians may be excluded from social events or made to feel odd or different.”

a tiny, uninhabited island off the coast of Japan, which seems to have disappeared. The island is a recognized landmark of Japan’s border with neighboring Russia, but may have been eroded by wind and weather and sunk beneath rising seas.

after a new study found that people who shun milk and sugar in their java are more likely to be psychopaths. Researchers found a “robust relation between increased enjoyment of bitter foods and heightened sadistic proclivities.”