Happy Austrians, Sad "Athletes," the Ludacris Fight, and the Booby Doctor on this Different Kind of High-Day

1. You too can be friends with National High Five Day and on National High Five Day (!) here ...UVA must be really proud.

2. According to a new global study released by Pfizer, Austrians, followed closely by Americans, are having the best sex in the world. People in countries where men and women were more equal enjoyed sex a lot more than those in male-dominated countried. The study surveyed 27,500 40-80 year olds, an age group that most of us probably don't want to imagine engaging in such activity.

3. A small study by Canadian psychologist Hap Davis shows how experiencing defeat prevents athletes from returning to peak performance. When 24 swimmers had to watch their failed attempts at trying for the Olympic team, the areas of their brain associated with depression experience heightened activity, and the premotor cortex, the part that plans arm and body movement, froze. Therapy seems to alleviate the suppression of the premotor cortex, though can we now bury the ol' crap adage of what doesn't kill you? (ScienceNOW)

4. Buried under Antartica's lakes, a network of rivers has been discovered though yet have been examined due to environmental concerns. Sealed off for millions of years, the rivers are viewed as time capules by scientists.
...Atlantis? (BBC)

5. A spectacled man, 76, was arrested for going door-to-door in a Floridian neighborhood, pretending to be a doctor and offering free breast exams. A woman became "suspicious" when as part of the exam, he asked her to remove her clothes and began to inspect her genital area without gloves. Ah, nothing could fool her! (Reuters)

6. Lindsay and Jessica, move aside. The newest celebrity tiff is between Oprah and Ludacris, who got annoyed when most of his promoting of Crash on her show was left on the cutting room floor because of Oprah's aversion to promoting rappers. Ludacris tells GQ, "Of course, it's her show, but we were doing a show on racial discrimination, and she gave me a hard time as a rapper when I came on there as an actor." (Page 6)

7. Jessica Simpson pulled out of a cover story for September's Vanity Fair issue because she didn't comply with Editor Graydon Carter's requirement of talking about her divorce. Shame on Condé Nast for being so tabloidish ...and for wanting to put Jessica Simpson on a cover. (Daily News)