Feeling sad? If so, then you should probably avoid going shopping until you start feeling better. A new study shows that people’s 33 judgment does not work so well when they are feeling down. 

        There were two groups of subjects involved in the study. One group was asked to watch a sad video about death, 34 the other group watched a video about nature. They were then asked how much they would pay 35 a sporty-looking water bottle. On average, the group watching the sad video offered to pay nearly four times 36 than the group watching the nature video. 

        The researchers concluded that sadness leads people to become more focused on themselves, causing them to feel that they and their possessions are 37 little. Over time, this trend can cause sad shoppers to lose hundreds or even thousands of dollars each year.

        Stephen William Hawking was an English physicist, cosmologist, and author. He died on 14 March 2018 at the age of 76. Stephen Hawking’s life is remarkable in many ways. Firstly, he has made groundbreaking discoveries regarding the cosmos, black holes, and other unexplored aspects of the universe we live in. Secondly, he has survived motor neuron disease which was diagnosed when he was 21 years old. He has been immobilized since his twenties and then lost the power of speech. Hawking told The New York Times in 2011 that the disease had taught him “not to pity myself.” He added, “My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn’t prevent you doing well, and don’t regret the things it interferes with. Don’t be disabled in spirit, as well as physically.”

        Many residents of the area around Kilauea may also think it’s worth the risk, given the beauty, community, and remoteness of Hawaii. Volcanoes also tend to give notice that something is about to happen—Kilauea’s small earthquakes, increasing amounts of lava at the summit, and a change in the slope of the volcano all indicated in recent weeks that an eruption may happen soon. This isn’t necessarily the case in other parts of the world, where earthquakes, tornadoes, fires, and floods can spring up without warning. 

        The evacuation of nearby communities because of Kilauea’s eruption isn’t the only instance in recent months of people leaving their homes to get out of the path of an erupting volcano. When Mount Mayon in the Philippines began spewing ash into the air in January, tens of thousands of people needed to evacuate. Over 100,000 people in northeast Bali were evacuated in November when Indonesia’s Mount Agung began rumbling, and thousands of tourists also fled.