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Small easy changes can lead to sustainable weight loss and healthier eating habits
Making small easy changes to our eating habits on a consistent basis -- 25 days or more per month -- can lead to sustainable weight loss, according to researchers. The...
Delusions of gender: Men's insecurities may lead to sexist views of women
A new study suggests that men's insecurities about relationships and conflicted views of women as romantic partners and rivals could lead some to adopt sexist attitudes about women.
Impaired melatonin secretion may play a role in premenstrual syndrome
Researchers shows altered body rhythms of the hormone melatonin in premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) women with insomnia. This finding may help explain some of the sleep disruptions experienced by women...
Family meals boost children's fruit and vegetable intake
Children eat more fruits and vegetables when families sit down to dine together, British researchers have found.
Motivation, study habits — not IQ — determine growth in math achievement
It’s not how smart students are but how motivated they are and how they study that determines their growth in [...]
Toddlers' language skills predict less anger by preschool
Toddlers with more developed language skills are better able to manage frustration and less likely to express anger by the time they're in preschool. That's the conclusion of a longitudinal...
Sibling squabbles can lead to depression, anxiety
Holiday presents will soon be under the tree for millions of adolescents. With those gifts may come sibling squabbles over violations of personal space, such as unwanted borrowing of a...
Study: Solo stars at higher death risk than bands
LONDON (AP) -- Rock `n' roll will never die - but it's a hazardous occupation....
Xenophobia Upside: Ethnic And Religious Diversity Correlated To Less Environmental Action
When is diversity a bad thing? When it comes to environmental action, according to a new paper from the University of East Anglia (UEA). Scandinavian countries, low in ethnic and religious...
Pathological Thinking: A Response Of The Season Of Love To The Current Outrage
Outrage about another school shooting does its part to increase vigilance against the odd ones out, the misfits soiling the norm of usual irrationality, the a-socials, the depressed, the autistic,...
Satire is shaping the next generation of american citizens
(Phys.org)—Satire has always played an important role in democracy, but acurrent group of television satirists are more influential than ever with American citizens, particularly younger ones, according to a Penn...
Regular marijuana use by teens continues to be a concern
Continued high use of marijuana by the United States' eighth, 10th and 12th graders combined with a drop in perceptions of its potential harms was revealed in this year's Monitoring...
School shootings: What we know and what we can do
School shootings at elementary, secondary and higher education institutions have been a painful reality for American society. But can anything realistically be done to prevent these horrific crimes? A new...
Government issues new online child privacy rules
New online child privacy rules will keep advertisers and marketers from siphoning personal information about preteens
Review: High-res music player ups the audio ante
It's hard to make headlines with a portable music player these days. It's old hat by now to carry around thousands of songs in your hip pocket, whether on an...
Research reveals new information on the evolution of dinosaur senses
An international team of scientists, including PhD student Stephan Lautenschlager and Dr Emily Rayfield of the University of Bristol, found that the senses of smell, hearing and balance were well...
Cognitivet Map: How The Brain Organizes Everything We See
Our eyes are the window to the world, but making sense of the thousands of images that flood us each day is squarely in the purview of the brain -...
School Shootings: Looking For Warning Signs
There's no way to legislate evil out of existence and mentally ill homicidal people are sometimes going to commit gruesome crimes. It has no cultural boundaries. The same day a...
Using privilege helpfully
As a progressive female professor at Wellesley College in the 1980s, Peggy McIntosh refused to believe she could be contributing to the oppression of others. She recalls trying to come up with...
A week in the life of Leverett House
Established in 1930, Leverett House is the largest residential House at Harvard. Leverett’s social calendar was overflowing in mid-December with a series of events that included a Master’s open house, a student-faculty reception...
Eagle-Toddler Video an 'Elaborate Hoax,' Expert Says
An eagle could, however, carry off a small child.
Experiencing discrimination increases risk-taking, anger, and vigilance
Experiencing rejection not only affects how we think and feel -- over the long-term it can also influence our physical and mental health. New research suggests that when rejection comes...
Astronomy: Stars reveal the secret of aging well
Some people are in great shape at the age of 90, while others are decrepit before they're 50. We know that how fast people age is only loosely linked to...
Leaping toads reveal muscle-protecting mechanism
Most people are impressed by how a toad jumps. One biologist is more impressed by how one lands.
366 days: 2012 in review
This epic year for science saw the discovery of the Higgs boson and Curiosity’s arrival on Mars, but researchers also felt the sting of austerity.Nature 492 324 doi: 10.1038/492324a
Kids Who Cheat Become Adults Who Cheat
Students who cheat in school are likely to continue with that deceitful behavior as adults in the workplace.
Contrary To Widely Held Beliefs, Romance Can Last In Long-term Relationships, Say Researchers
WASHINGTON – Romance does not have to fizzle out in long-term relationships and progress into a companionship/friendship-type love, a new study has found. Romantic love can last a lifetime and...
Need to be the perfect lady? India's motivation experts have just the course
Self-improvement businesses enjoy boom despite national slowdown, as newly rich try to bridge cultural divideIndian economic growth may be slowing up, but there is at least one sector that is ever more successful:...