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By Lili Marcus for HowAboutWe

When it comes to turning personal stories into tabloid paychecks, celebrities do it better than anyone else. But some stars are better at answering reporter questions than others. Here are a few celebrities whose dealing-with-nosy-questions strategy can be your inspiration the next time your mom corners you to demand grandkids, or your uncle won't stop asking when you're going to find a nice guy and settle down.

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Let's face it, most of us would like to get a better handle on the where's, when's, why's and how's of love. By Kayt Sukel for HowAboutWe

Let's face it, most of us would like to get a better handle on the where's, when's, why's and how's of love. And now that neuroscience is starting to tackle questions that were previously left to poets and philosophers, there's a glut of love and sex advice out there-supposedly guaranteed by the objectivity of cold, hard science. You've seen the headlines: His Genes Make Him Cheat! Love Doesn't Last! Bareback Sex Cures Depression! But before you go believing the headlines (and changing up your behaviors), it's best that you take a closer look at what these studies can really tell us about those two old friends, love and sex.

Plus: The 9 Most Annoying Things Said to Single People

The Line: His genes make him cheat.

The Study: Researchers at Sweden's Karolinska Institute found that men who had a certain variation of a vasopressin receptor gene were more likely to suffer marital discord.
The Bottom Line: The researchers did find a significant correlation

Try to avoid saying these things to a heart-broken friend.By Chiara Atik for HowAboutWe

Julie Klausner gave some advice on her most recent podcast of what not to say to a friend going through a break-up: "Don't say now's the time to learn a new language." If, while going through a break-up, someone told me that while I may have just lost the love of my life, at least it affords me an opportunity to brush up on my Portuguese, I would kill them, and then myself.

When comforting friends after a break-up, people reach for platitudes because it's so hard to figure out what to say - trying to look on the bright side, or consoling them that it was no great loss, often seem like the best way to comfort. But often these well-meaning truisms only hurt or annoy the grieving friend, who, remember, is hearing these things from everybody.

Plus: Ten Turn-Ons That Have Nothing to Do With Looks

Below is a list of things to try to avoid saying to a heart-broken friend.

1. "I never liked him anyway."

It doesn't matter what you thought of their ex. It

Props to this fearless young journalist for seizing what very likely will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

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Take some notes, people.By Alison Vingiano for HowAboutWe

1. Adults in their thirties still play 7 minutes in heaven.

There is something about Jess and Nick stuck in a closet and refusing to make out with each other that seems too easy. It is awkwardly middle-school yet perfectly fitting to their characters. I must admit: Zooey Deschanel's adorkable-ness feels like an infantilization. Seeing a thirty-three year old woman who loves polka-dots and cupcakes makes me remember our society fears aging with a passion I reserve for dancing to Beyoncé after a few drinks. But of course, it's just who Jess is, and I get it. Kate Upton, the world's hottest woman, is twenty. She's a baby! She makes me feel this overwhelming anxiety of "Oh my god, men are attracted to women who are younger than me?? Am I old?" But, no, of course I am not old. Apparently, I have a lot to look forward to in my thirties. Soon, I'll fall in love with my handsome roommate after the two of us are forced into closed quarters, while my friends

LA vs. NYBy Chris Backley for HowAboutWe

Two titans sit on the opposite coasts of America. Both represent a completely different brand, and both have a different way of conducting business. New York is frantic and alive, L.A. casual and invigorating. New York has the subway and crowds, L.A. has cars and open space. New York has amazing pizza, L.A. has amazing sushi. And we can't forget about the people - they're just different on the West Coast. Take it from a guy who's spent 95% of his life on the West Coast, with a stint in the N.Y. area. Los Angelenos are different than New Yorkers, and you can bet your briefcase that those differences carry over to the world of dating. Here's an overview of the biggest differences.

Plus: Anyone Criticizing Ben Affleck's Acceptance Speech Doesn't Understand Marriage

Yes, the Cars

With 503 square miles and 3.8 million people in L.A., we are a population that likes to spread out. And because of the lack of quality public transportation ("only hobos take the

See how truthful your city is. Or isn't.Yes, yes, people have a nasty tendency to lie on their dating profiles. And in job interviews. And at dinner parties where every other guest is a carbon copy of Andy Roddick with a JD/MBA from Harvard. When we feel insecure about the reality that is us, we make things up to fill the gap between where and who we'd like to be, and where and who we really are.



Plus: Anyone Criticizing Ben Affleck's Acceptance Speech Doesn't Understand Marriage

This truth is beautifully (and measurably) manifested in online dating, where we have a specific set of data that shows exactly how and when people lie, and how big the lies are. Plenty of studies have been done to measure this phenomenon, including the most recent one, a survey of 1,000 people released this month by PR firm Euro RSCG Worldwide. In an interesting twist, it measured not only the cities housing the biggest liars, but also the specific subjects of their lies, broken down by gender. Here are the results.

The least honest cities, the %

Fashion and function?By Chiara Atik for HowAboutWe

A social design lab in The Netherlands has managed to solve that age old-problem of how to instantaneously broadcast to everyone that you are sexually aroused - specifically, by creating a dress that becomes transparent the moment it senses an increased heart rate. Talk about a dress that leaves little to the imagination! (Thank you, thank you, I'll be blogging here all week.)

Plus: Anyone Criticizing Ben Affleck's Acceptance Speech Doesn't Understand Marriage

The dress was developed by a team of artists and engineers. Each dress has a microchip which detects changes in heartbeat. An increased heart rate causes the dress - through frankly mindboggling technology - to become transparent. Which is great, because sexily chewing on the straw to your vodka cranberry can only do so much, you know?

The only drawback to the dress - provided, of course, that you are completely fine with broadcasting your arousal before you even have time to mentally process it