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Women And STEM: Maybe Our Sex Hormones Are Sexist
Bias in science academia is a big topic, but it's selective. If there are fewer women, it is regarded as a hostile environment but if there are no Republicans that...
Study: Culture affects emotion perception
GLASGOW, Scotland, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- People in different cultures perceive emotional facial expressions in unique ways, which can lead to cross-cultural misunderstandings, a Scottish study says.
Infants trained to concentrate show added benefits
Although parents may have a hard time believing it, even infants can be trained to improve their concentration skills. What's more, training babies in this way leads to improvements on...
Alcohol dulls brain 'alarm' that monitors mistakes, study finds
Most people have witnessed otherwise intelligent people doing embarrassing or stupid things when they are intoxicated, but what specifically happens in the brain to cause such drunken actions? A new...
US high school science standards in genetics are 'inadequate' according to experts
More than 85 percent of states have genetics standards that are inadequate for preparing America's high school students for participation in a society and health care system that will be...
Two brain halves, one perception: How communication between brain hemispheres determines individual's subjective experience
Our brain is divided into two hemispheres, which are linked through only a few connections. However, we do not seem to have a problem to create a coherent image of...
Habit makes bad food too easy to swallow
Do you always get popcorn at the movies? Or snack while you're on the couch watching television? A new article reveals why bad eating habits persist even when the food...
How they spent summer
Nicolette Boehland, second-year student at Harvard Law School: When an opportunity arose this summer to work in Afghanistan on issues of human rights, Nicolette Boehland jumped at the chance. Little did the second-year...
New UK guidance on the initial evaluation of a child with a suspected disorder of sex development
New guidance highlights the importance of a multidisciplinary team in diagnosing children with a suspected disorder of sex development.
Living with parents in adult life can prolong family conflict
Researchers have monitored 240 bi-parent families to observe the impact involved when children continue living in the family home during their late teens and early twenties (18 to 25 years...
Stanley Milgram taught us we have more to fear from zealots than zombies
Fifty years after Milgram's famous 'obedience' experiments, two psychologists claim the participants were not blindly obeying orders but identifying with a leader and a causeIf you were a reporter instructed by your editor...
Space junk S.O.S: Experts say it's past tipping point
Report: The situation is now so bad that active satellites are at increasing risk of damage
Black Confederates
Even 150 years after it started, the Civil War is still the battleground for controversial ideas. One of them is the notion that thousands of Southern slaves and freedmen fought willingly and loyally...
Three New Boston University Faculty Tapped For Peter Paul Career Development Professorships
Three new Boston University professors have been selected by Provost Jean Morrison as this year's recipients of the prestigious Peter Paul Professorships, providing $40,000 each for three years for unrestricted...
Faster progress through puberty linked to behavior problems, study finds
Children who go through puberty at a faster rate are more likely to act out and to suffer from anxiety and depression, according to a new study. The results suggest...
Social media expert explores dynamics of online networking
Birds of a feather flock together in cyberspace. At least that is what one social media expert has found while exploring the dynamics of online communities.
Shoppers Prefer 'Middle' Items on Shelves
We tend to prefer and choose items that are located in the middle of a row – regardless of whether it runs horizontally or vertically, a new study shows.
"I'm too pretty to do homework" t-shirt yanked
JC Penney pulls controversial shirt only four hours after start of online petition drive objecting to its message for girls
On summer break, a poem
Tucked into the hillocks and vales of Maine, with no pipettes to wield, no newspaper articles to draft, no middle schoolers to teach, I was amid summer vacation at last. My Yankee...
A moving experience
As Hurricane Irene moved up the East Coast Saturday and Harvard undergraduates moved back to campus just ahead of the storm, Cabot House Resident Dean Jill Constantino saw some parallels. “I thought, there...
One in 25 business leaders may be a psychopath, study finds
Psychopaths use charm and manipulation to achieve success in the workplace, according to a US studyOne out of every 25 business leaders could be psychopathic, a study claims.The study, conducted by the New...
Richard Dawkins calls for evolution to be taught to children from age five
Dawkins says evolution – 'the explanation for our existence' – should be a compulsory part of the primary school curriculumChildren in the UK should be taught the science of evolution by natural selection...
First-episode psychosis and substance use
A literature review in the latest issue of Psychiatric Services indicates that after experiencing a first episode of psychosis, about half of those with substance use disorders become abstinent or...
Preventing school bullying behavior
As sure as school bells begin to ring after Labor Day, so too do news stories appear of students in elementary, middle, and high school being bullied. This fall, some...
Finding meaning in loss
For many Americans, Sept. 11, 2001, evokes memories of confusion and sadness, a stunned sense of the world not being what it once was. For Jennifer Page Hughes, those feelings were all...
Financial education creates positive 'snowball effect'
(PhysOrg.com) -- According to a University of Arizona study, cumulative education leads to more financial knowledge and more positive financial behaviors.
Innovative spinal stapling leads to astonishing outcome for little girl
Four-year-old Grace Rego had been complaining about back pain for several months. She had trouble sitting in the car, even for short periods of time, and told her parents Jennifer...
Overcoming boredom
Im bored. Its a line that parents likely hear throughout the year. But, as students prepare to head back to classes for the start of a new school year, one...