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ThinkstockAdd this to the long list of reasons why blondes may have more fun: A new study being published later this year shows they're more likely to get picked up at a bar (but not because they're hotter).

We're guessing you've heard all the hype about blondes. Often, studies on hair color show that they're rated more attractive, younger and healthier than darker-haired damsels (even though 90 percent of the world's population is brunette). They're also more likely to rake in a higher salary and tend to marry richer. But if you're already reaching for the bleach, hold off.

STUDY: Blondes Earn More, Marry Richer

A 2011 study in the Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, led by YouBeauty Attraction Expert, Viren Swami, Ph.D., put hair color to the test in the real world and found that brunettes may get the last laugh.

In the first part of the study, a fair-skinned woman hit up three different nightclubs on three separate occasions-as a brunette, a blonde and a redhead. (Her hair

ThinkstockThe popular game show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" offers an intriguing question.

Of course, virtually everyone wants to be rich. But why? As Americans, we place a high value on money and physical possessions because we believe such things will make us happy. Have we always believed this? If not, when did money and happiness become so closely connected?

Recent data show that materialism has risen in the last four decades. A 2005 study of American college freshmen revealed that 71 percent of those polled believed that it's very important to be "very well off financially." In 1967, only 42 percent of participants agreed with this sentiment. When participants were asked if it is very important to develop a meaningful philosophy of life, the results were quite the opposite. Although 86 percent of participants in 1967 agreed with this statement, just 52 percent of the 2005 participants felt that meaning in life was very important 1 .

MORE: Is Peer Pressure a Good Thing?

ABCABC's "Pan Am" TV show isn't just bringing the airline back, it's also bringing workplace-sexy back, and reminding us about the power of good grooming.

In the golden age of jetting, Pan Am stewardesses were admired for their beauty and their equally glamorous career.

Now, nearly fifty years later, ABC's new Sunday night show "Pan Am" is taking off! With stars like Christina Ricci donning the infamous blue suits, hats, and white gloves, the idyllic era of polished style and career girl chic is getting another glossy moment.

In real life, it was no easy task to land the coveted job with Pan Am. Only one in one hundred applicants were chosen to join the elite team and Ms. Ricci herself wouldn't have made the cut due to the height restriction. In addition to speaking a foreign language, you had to be over 21, over 5'3" (Ricci is 5'1"), have short bobbed hair, be slim (for example, between 116 an 128 lbs. if you were 5'5"), and most importantly, be unmarried. No doubt that

Do you love drinking an afternoon soda, or put sugar in your morning coffee? Policy-makers want you to stop.

New York City is currently running an advertising campaign featuring a man drinking a glass of fat, and a soda bottle overflowing with liquid fat. It's part of an aggressive effort-happening across the country-to reduce people's consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs).

Americans guzzle an average of 50 gallons of sugar-sweetened beverages-including sodas, fruit juices with added sugar, sports and energy drinks, flavored waters and sweetened milk, tea or coffee-per person every year.

That's not doing our figures any favors.

Researchers blame SSBs, at least in part, for the ballooning obesity crisis, as well as higher rates of diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure and cancer. Not to mention that soft drink lovers are less likely to get the calcium and other nutrients they need to keep their bodies healthy.

MORE: Expert Tips For a Sugar-Free

Jane Goodall, right, with Angelina JolieWhen you think of chimpanzees, it's nearly impossible to not think of Jane Goodall.

The famed primate researcher-whose social contributions often draw peace-bearing comparisons to names like Gandhi, Mother Theresa and Nelson Mandela-is the embodiment of inner and outer beauty. Goodall was 29, when, in 1960, she began living alone in the jungle with chimps. With no formal scientific education, she made discoveries that forever changed the relationship between humans and animals.

Now 77 years of age and maintaining a strenuous schedule that includes 300 days of travel a year, Goodall still delights at the opportunity to share expertise on her life's passion-chimps. We asked the British native-who is busy preparing for Jane Goodall Live, a one-night-only event in movie theaters nationwide on September 27th (more on that at end of the article)-what, we as humans, can learn from our ape "cousins."

Goodall says it is the emotional and relationship connections between chimps

Mulberry Alexa in Oak Light Patent Leather, $1,200. It's not your fault that you can't resist lusting after this season's most buzzed about "it" bag. A new study says that baby, you were born this way.

A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences revealed how we're strongly influenced by social environments and the ways in which we alter our behavior to fit in and elevate our ranking within the group. (This is most obvious when it comes to sexual competition, where the incentive to be perceived as the alpha male results in-ding, ding, ding!-winning a mate.)

RESEARCH: You Can Buy Happiness, Depending On What You Buy

In the study, the researchers found that people were more likely to take risks and engage in competitive behavior when all of their friends were watching rather than when they were flying solo.

So we wondered, does this apply to fashion and beauty risks as well? Pressure to look a certain way and compare yourself to others is certainly a result of this biological behavior, according