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The more secure you feel, the less you value your stuff, UNH research shows
People who feel more secure in receiving love and acceptance from others place less monetary value on their possessions, according to new research from the University of New Hampshire...
Discrimination creates racial battle fatigue for African-Americans
Just as the constant pressure soldiers face on the battlefield can follow them home in the form of debilitating stress, African Americans who face chronic exposure to racial discrimination may...
Am I safe here?: How people with HIV/AIDS perceive hidden prejudices in their communities
People in marginalised groups, such as the disabled or racial minorities, feel stigmatised - condemned, feared, or excluded - when other people stigmatise them. That's obvious. But they can also...
For Young, Sex Falls in Survey
The study shows the proportion of people 15 to 24 who said they had never had sex rose to about 28 percent, from 22 percent.
TSA Aimed to Put Body Scanners in Public Places
DHS ran test programs using airport-type body scanners in train stations and had plans to deploy them widely.
Mom & Dad Kid Themselves Over the Joy of Parenting
This exaggeration likely comes from a need to rationalize the financial and social costs of children.
Tobacco Smoking Impacts Teens' Brains
Research at UCLA shows that thegreater a teen's addiction to nicotine, the less active the prefrontal cortex is, suggesting that smoking can affect brain function.
Six out of 10 male drug-addicts abuse their partners, Spanish study finds
New research from Spain has revealed a high rate of gender-based violence -- both physical and psychological -- directed by drug-addict men against their partners. The study also detailed the...
Harnessing your creative brain
There are creative geniuses, and then there are the rest of us. We’re the ones Shelley Carson wants to help. Carson, an affiliate with Harvard’s Psychology Department and a lecturer at the...
The man from Kyrgyzstan
In 1994, Baktybek “Bakyt” Beshimov was the youngest university president in his native Kyrgyzstan when he first visited Harvard. After two awestruck days, Beshimov stood on a bridge over the Charles River and...
Child prodigies, maybe
How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Apparently it takes more than practice. In 1989, violinist Sarah Chang made her solo debut with the New York Philharmonic. That performance was followed by...
Leon Eisenberg
When Leon Eisenberg came to Harvard Medical School in 1967 as Professor of Psychiatry and Chief of the Department of Psychiatry at the Massachusetts General Hospital, he was 45 years of age...
America’s Eden that wasn’t
In the summer of 1844, author Nathaniel Hawthorne set out into the woods around Concord, Mass., to record his impressions of nature. But his reverie was soon interrupted by the shriek of...
Why the BBC's 'impartial' stance on climate science is irresponsible | Bob Ward
Sceptics too often go unchallenged when they make inaccurate and misleading statements on BBC programmesA bizarre performance by former TV presenter Johnny Ball on Wednesday's edition of The Daily Politics show has once...
Are sexual offense laws too harsh? And do they work?
University at Buffalo Law School Professor Charles Patrick Ewing has added to his series of critically acclaimed books on some of the most unsavory but attention-grabbing aspects of the law,...
Prevention of mental disorders, substance abuse, and problem behaviors
Many mental, emotional and behavioral disorders can be prevented before they begin and there is robust scientific base of evidence to support this conclusion, according to a report in the...
Scholars at Risk network
Baktybek “Bakyt” Beshimov is among the rare Scholars at Risk fellows at Harvard to speak out. Another was Iranian novelist Shahriar Mondanipour, who was a Scholar at Risk for two years, and is...
NFL’s Current Contract Negotiations: Brave New World or Business as Usual?
With the negotiations over a new NFL collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between billionaire owners and millionaire players going nowhere and the current agreement due to expire March 4, will the...
Depression following miscarriage can continue after healthy birth
Women who experience depression and anxiety after a miscarriage can continue to experience these symptoms even if they subsequently go on to have a healthy child...
The New Old Age: For Women, Age Often Brings Isolation
Today's elderly women often have had far less experience navigating new social settings than their working daughters.
Chicago hope
In December 2010, the last remaining resident was removed from the last high-rise building standing in Chicago’s notorious Cabrini-Green housing projects, long a national symbol of urban blight. The relocation was part of...
Toned, Strong and a Little Gray, Too
After retirement, more in the older generation are turning to personal training work, much to the delight of gym-goers of similar age.
Dude, you throw like a crybaby!
A new study of baseball tosses has found that body language is more likely to be judged as masculine when it seems to convey anger and as feminine when is...
Hooray for Harvardwood
Actor John Lithgow, a 1967 Harvard College graduate, has this advice for students wanting to follow his path: Don’t do it. Success in the entertainment industry is a gambler’s bet, and he said...
In Times of Crisis, U.K. Government Should Listen to Its Scientists, Says Report
LONDON—The British Government is too hesitant to ask the advice of its own scientific advisers...
Spring Break News Tips
1) Students: Think Before You Hit the Road; 2) Parents: Spring Break Can be About More Than Parties; 3) 'Breaking' for a Cause; 4) WOW: Try Before You Buy!
Cell phone photo class is not just for taking pics
(AP) -- A new cell phone photography class at a suburban Philadelphia university focuses on both the quality of the images and the ethical responsibilities that come with taking...
One Scientist's Dramatic Exodus From Libya
Noel Boaz had just finished writing a grant proposal to reform the medical school...