

Young Britons often have sex with strangers while on vacation.

We here at Wired Science were shocked – shocked! – to learn this, just as we were by the other findings in No @#&!, Sherlock, our weekly installment of the latest, greatest self-evident science.*

On a potentially related note, cocaine lowers inhibitions. Energy drinks are bad for people with high blood pressure or heart disease. Students who are addicted to alcohol and tobacco have difficulty learning during withdrawal.

In the world of medicine, better sanitation prevents diarrhoeal diseases from spreading. Defibrillators save lives. Doctors choose specialties that fit with their lifestyles, which vary between men and women. And for doctors and scientists alike, it's more prestigious to have your name at the beginning or end of a long list of study authors than in the middle.





People who eat because they're stressed or depressed have a hard time losing weight. Even athletes don't really know what all those vitamin supplements do.

Finally, November 11 is Veteran's Day – or, if you happen to be

Canadian, Remembrance Day. Canadian high school students associate the holiday with World War I and World War II, but not so much with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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