<B> WASHINGTON. And the world?s </B> happiest country is? Denmark, with its democracy, social equality and peaceful atmosphere it is the happiest country in the world, researchers said recently. Zimbabwe, torn by political and social strife, is the least happy, while the world?s richest nation, the United States, ranks 16th. Overall, the world is getting happier, according to the US government-funded World Values Survey, done regularly by a global network of social scientists. It found increased happiness from 1981 to 2007 in 45 of 52 countries analyzed. ?I strongly suspect that there is a strong correlation between peace and happiness,? said Ronald Inglehart, a political scientist at the University of Michigan?s Institute for Social Research, who directed the study.

<B>USA. Mozilla claims Guinness Record for downloads. </B>Mozilla, developer of open-source Web browser Firefox, said on Wednesday it set a new Guinness World Record for the largest number of software downloads in 24 hours. Over 8 million people downloaded Firefox 3 in the period following its official launch, the company said in a statement. Key rivals to Firefox are market leader Microsoft?s Internet Explorer and Apple Inc?s Safari browser. Mozilla is in a battle with Microsoft, which unveiled an experimental version of its Internet Explorer 8 in Las Vegas in April and has been looking to expand its presence on the Web. Firefox 3?s additions boost security and allow users to run Web sites when they are not connected to the Internet.

<B>WASHINGTON. ?Spiritual? effects of mushrooms last a year? </B>The ?spiritual? effects of psilocybin from so-called sacred mushrooms last for more than a year and may offer a way to help patients with fatal diseases or addictions, US researchers reported on Tuesday. The researchers also said their findings show there are safe ways to test psychoactive drugs on willing volunteers, if guidelines are followed. In 2006, Roland Griffiths of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, and colleagues gave psilocybin to 36 volunteers and asked them how it felt. Most reported having a ?mystical? or ?spiritual? experience and rated it positively. More than a year later, most still said the experience increased their sense of well-being or life satisfaction, Griffiths and colleagues report in the Journal of Psychopharmacology. ?This is a truly remarkable finding,? Griffiths said in a statement. ?Rarely in psychological research do we see such persistently positive reports from a single event in the laboratory.?

<B> RANKING. Jessica Simpson has the best assets. </B>Singer Jessica Simpson (photo) has every reason to be proud of her twin assets, especially since they have just topped a poll for the ?best breasts?. The ?booby poll? was conducted by In Touch magazine , and Simpson beat off many A-list female celebs to take the top spot, reports Contactmusic. One person certainly not disappointed with the results is her manager/dad Joe who said: ?She?s got double-Ds! You can?t cover those suckers up.? Coming in second on the poll was former Victoria?s Secret angel Tyra Banks, followed by Scarlett Johansson in third place. The fourth spot on the list went to former Baywatch star Carmen Electra, with by singer/actress Lindsay Lohan rounding off the top five. The top ten stars with the ?Best Breasts? are, in random order: Jessica Simpson,Tyra Banks, Scarlett Johansson, Carmen Electra, Lindsay Lohan, Katherine Heigl, Audrina Patridge, Jennifer Aniston, Megan Fox, Beyonce Knowles.