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Father absence linked to earlier puberty among certain girls
Girls in homes without a biological father are more likely to hit puberty at an earlier age, according to a new study. The findings held only for girls in higher...
Pa. College Blacks Out Facebook, Social Media
Students Can't Use Social Networks on Campus Computers for a Week; Experiment Drawing Praise, Scorn
Mental illness stigma entrenched in American culture; new strategies needed, study finds
A new study finds no change in prejudice and discrimination toward people with serious mental illness or substance abuse problems despite a greater embrace by the public of neurobiological explanations...
Cognitive skills in children with autism vary and improve, study finds
A new study found that the cognitive skills of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) vary among individuals, and that, contrary to expectations, these skills can improve over time. The...
Gender gap in spatial ability can be reduced through training
A new study describes an intervention that is effective in eliminating the gender gap in spatial abilities. While the research doesn't yet show that the intervention leads to better achievement...
Falling in love costs you friends
A scientific study reveals that having a new romantic partner comes at the cost of losing two close friends.
Employee with higher level of emotional intelligence is more dedicated and satisfied at work
Employees with a high level of emotional intelligence are more dedicated and satisfied at work, compared to other employees. This has been shown in a new study from the University...
Mount Sinai researchers develop database to help accelerate drug discovery
Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have developed a new computational method that will help streamline the analysis of gene expression experiments and provide scientists with a better...
Who now believes that university risks giving women a moustache? | Claire Jones
When women demand equal access to traditionally male roles, theories about their 'natural' unsuitability tend to emergeDr Cordelia Fine's new book, Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society and Neurosexism Create Difference, argues...
Football: the benefits of playing into the second half (of your life) | Monica Desai
Scientists at the British Science Festival extol the advantages of playing football into middle age and beyondThe beautiful game – it's a national obsession. Many of us might play football when we're young...
Medical students report critical attitudes about depression among peers, U-M study shows
Medical students experience depression at a higher rate than the general population and attach high levels of stigma to the mental illness, according to U-M research to be published Sept....
Making bees less busy: Social environment changes internal clocks
Honey bees removed from their usual roles in the hive quickly and drastically changed their biological rhythms, according to a study in the Sept. 15 issue of The Journal of...
For 4-year-olds, interactions with teacher key to gains
Pre-kindergartners who spend much of their classroom day engaged in so-called free-choice play with little input from teachers make smaller gains in early language and math skills than children who...
High-quality child care for low-income children: Long-term benefits
More than 12 million U.S. children under age 6 attend child care or preschool programs. A new longitudinal study of low-income children has found that children in high-quality preschool settings...
Carnegie Mellon research: How doctors rationalise acceptance of industry gifts
Despite heightened awareness about the undue influence that gifts from pharmaceutical companies can have on doctors' prescribing practices, and despite expanding institutional conflict-of-interest policies and state laws targeted at preventing...
False memories of self-performance result from watching others' actions
Did I turn off the stove, or did I just imagine it? Memory isn't always reliable. Psychological scientists have discovered all sorts of ways that false memories get created, and...
Diversity or deprivation -- what makes a 'bad' neighborhood
What people think about their neighborhood is much more strongly influenced by deprivation than by the degree of ethnic mixing in the area, according to new research funded by the...
Russians Embrace Yoga, if They Have the Money
One hallmark of the yuppie lifestyle in Russia is a fondness for yoga and many things Indian.
For Men on a Date, Evolution May Guide Where Their Eyes Go
Short-term sweeties more likely than long-term lovers to assess a potential date's body.
Dawson shooting video game upsets students
Montreal police are investigating an online video game that replicates the shooting rampage at Dawson College that killed a student and injured several more four years ago.
Putting Collars on Cats
Most pet owners put collars on their dogs, but not their cats, a factor that can make it difficult for lost cats to find their way home.
Economic Scene: Blacks Show Strides in Happiness Over Whites
Economists have found that even though racial gaps have grown in some areas between whites and blacks, black Americans have made strides in happiness.
Mine! How selfishness can benefit society
Listen up, do-gooders: Your selfish counterparts, often relegated to the lower rungs of society, can actually benefit the group, a new study suggests. Business - Human...
Clerkship order linked with outcomes on clerkship subject exams, grades, not clinical performance
Susan M. Kies, Ed.D., of the University of Illinois College of Medicine, Urbana, and colleagues conducted a study to assess whether the order in which third-year core clerkships are completed...
Plea Deal In Animal Research Break-In Case
Scott DeMuth, a sociology graduate student at the University of Minnesota charged last year...
Legal analysis: The health insurance mandate is constitutional
The most politically charged feature of the health reform law is the mandate that legal residents have health insurance. Within weeks of the law's passage, twenty states had filed lawsuits...
Oxford scientist calls for research on brain change
'Mind change' that occurs from using modern technology proposed as one of humanity's greatest threatsLady Greenfield reignited the debate over modern technology and its impact on the brain today by claiming the issue...
Women Take Lead In US PhDs Awarded
It's been a mantra that more money has to be spent on outreach for women in academia, or even quotas implemented. Why? Women PhDs are now the majority, at...