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The old adage may have it that we shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but ever since Aristotle first wrote about the art of physiognomy, people have thought it possible to deduce character traits from someone’s facial features. Though now dismissed as pseudoscience, there​ may still be a kernel of truth in the idea that someone’s face can shape their destiny - a Princeton University study showed it takes us a tenth of a second to size up the cut of a stranger’s jib and, rightly or wrongly, we react to them accordingly. Hence, recent studies suggest that those...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday she's not ready to decide if she'll remain in Congress after the Democrats' drubbing at the polls. In her first public interview since Tuesday's elections returned the House majority to Republicans, the California Democrat told ABC News she's still mulling her future in Washington. "I'll have a conversation with my caucus, I'll have a conversation with my family, and pray over it, and decide how to go forward," Pelosi told ABC’s Diane Sawyer for "World News Tonight." "But today isn't that day." Pelosi hinted, however, that the decision could hinge most significantly on the...