The StarPhoenix - Life

• Where did you come from, really? Discovering your immigrant ancestors
  Canada is a land of immigrants, with most of us having ancestors who arrived here from another part of the world. Surprisingly, however, one in five Canadians has no idea where their families originated from, according to a poll by Ancestry.ca.
  
  
• Canada ranks third in global 'generosity'
  Canada ranks third in a global "generosity" survey, in which the key overall finding is that being happy is a greater impulse for people to give their time and money to charity than being rich.
  
  
• Researchers unlock secrets to catching a woman's eye on the dancefloor
  British psychologists have discovered the dance moves that make men attractive to women — it's more about how they move their neck and trunk than fancy footwork.
  
  
• Self-help author finds animals give twist on life
  Heard the one about the pair of ducks who moved into a New Jersey home? Or the doe that stopped a woman in the woods as her fawn was stuck in a fence?
  
  
• Chicks in the city: Neighbours cry fowl, but urbanites start own coops
  Instead of waking up to the familiar sound of a dog barking on a crowded block, some city dwellers are now waking up to the unfamiliar clucking of chickens.
  
  
• 1 in 5 Canadian teens not pursuing education: StatsCan
  As recently as 2008, one in five Canadian teens were not pursuing a formal education — a figure that falls below the average of other developed countries, a new Statistics Canada report suggests.
  
  
• Study finds most stressful places to live in the U.S.
  Detroit, Los Angeles and Cleveland are the most stressful cities in America, according to a new study.
  
  
• Online brainteaser helps send rice to Pakistan
  Help for millions affected by the recent floods in Pakistan may be coming from an unusual source: an online vocabulary game that feeds the hungry.
  
  
• Chef Sandoval sees global growth for Latin cuisine
  Chef Richard Sandoval, despite tough economic times, believes there is plenty of enthusiasm worldwide for food from his native Mexico and other parts of Latin America.
  
  
• Teachers learn the ropes of dressing like a pro
  For some twenty-odd years, Anya Tan and Neil Carby have been students. This week, they’ll be going back to school for the first time as teachers — and their first-day outfits will matter more than ever. Rolling to class in sweats and pyjama bottoms just won’t pass the way they might have in Tan and Carby’s collegiate days.