Articles about why ‘Close Door’ buttons on elevators don’t work, and the reasons why pop up from time to time. The practicalities behind their non-function make sense, but their presence in elevators even when not connected is still a bit odd. Read about it at Mental Floss, or search around the internet for plenty of …

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This article in Melbourne’s Age newspaper caught my eye. It’s an interview with Claire Shipman and Katty Kay authors of a book called The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance – What Women Should Know. Part of the article deals with what they describe as a “system we’ve all set up is one …

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