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In today’s news: someone finally explains Facebook; searching for happiness may make you sad; Japan’s troubled nuclear reactor; the lost city of Atlantis gets found; and mommy bloggers are inadvertent marketers.

Mothers weary of nightly dinner table dustups with stubborn offspring may want to read this recent study (via Time.com)—if only for the brief ray of hope it bestows for future harmony.

A Nova Scotia woman (via Toronto Star) in need of bariatric surgery has reignited debate about the Canadian health care system’s timely response to obesity by writing her own mock obituary and emailing it to a handful of government and health officials.

The aging process is a tricky one, psychologically speaking. Only the young look forward to getting older. It’s not fun to watch your face change—to note the first few creases in once perfectly smooth skin.

Why do people cheat on one another? It's a question that haunts many a brokenhearted spouse or girlfriend. A recent article in Psychology Today offers an interesting answer to the question why people cheat.