If you're a woman, then you should be.  The Royal Horticulture Society in the UK conducted a month-long study and found that women's voices caused plants to grow up to 2 inches taller than those that heard a man's.  According to the study, "some men were so bad that their plants actually grew less than a plant that was left completely alone."  The RHK doesn't know why this is the case.  What's your theory?  (Thanks to Frances Anderton for passing along the story.)

Big Brother's cafe watches you eat

By ARTHUR MAX – 1 day ago

WAGENINGEN, Netherlands (AP) — At the university cafeteria, women linger longer than men over their lunch decisions. Given a choice, they tend to opt for meat labeled "animal friendly," while men likely will go for a new product.

Cameras are watching them. From inside a control room, monitors record the customers' movements, hesitations, facial expressions, posture, weight, even their eating habits.

It gives the scientists plenty to chew over. They study the influences on eating, how products can be made more appealing, and how to direct consumers to specific — perhaps healthier — choices.