Language may trump race for young kids
U. CHICAGO (US) — Researchers have found that for younger white children, language can loom larger than race in defining a person’s identity. Continue…
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 10:17 - 2 Comments
Science & Technology - Nov 16, 2011 13:15 - 0 Comments
‘Small’ talk improves kids’ spatial skills
U. CHICAGO (US) — Preschool children who hear their parents describe the size and shape of objects and then use those words themselves perform on average 23 percent better on spatial skill tests later on. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 2, 2011 9:19 - 4 Comments
Race and US politics: One nation, two worlds
U. CHICAGO (US) — The political outlook of blacks in America has undergone dramatic swings in the last ten years—from Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath to Barack Obama’s election—writes political scientist Michael Dawson in a new book. (more…)
Top Stories - Oct 5, 2011 5:20 - 0 Comments
US views on gays, lesbians shift sharply
U. CHICAGO (US) — American attitudes toward gays and lesbians are rapidly changing to reflect greater acceptance, with younger generations leading the way, a new survey shows. (more…)
Top Stories - Sep 23, 2011 10:15 - 0 Comments
Birds may identify their kin by smell
U. CHICAGO (US) — Penguins appear to use smell to determine if they are related to a potential mate, which suggests birds may have a more highly developed sense of smell than researchers previously thought. (more…)
Top Stories - Sep 2, 2011 11:09 - 3 Comments
Kids of unemployed struggle in school
U. CHICAGO (US) — One lingering effect of the Great Recession could be poor academic performance and behavioral problems among children of the unemployed. (more…)
Society & Culture - Aug 26, 2011 10:11 - 0 Comments
Tolerance low for Muslim extremists
U. CHICAGO (US) — While Americans are increasingly tolerant of the views of most non-majority groups, 10 years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, tolerance has yet to extend to the freedoms of Muslim extremists. (more…)
Top Stories - Aug 18, 2011 10:52 - 2 Comments
Stress hormone on the back-to-school list?
U. CHICAGO (US) — Knowing the right way to handle stress in and out of the classroom could be the difference between success and failure for the millions of students going back to school this fall, new research shows. (more…)
Top Stories - Aug 9, 2011 11:54 - 0 Comments
Sex suffers when his pals become hers
U. CHICAGO (US) — Sexual problems can develop, including erectile dysfunction, when a female partner comes between a man and his male friends. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jul 29, 2011 13:52 - 2 Comments
Undocumented grads face tough road
U. CHICAGO (US) — Undocumented young adults raised and college-educated in the U.S. are often unable to rise above the menial labor of their parents with no prospects of working in their chosen professions. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jun 16, 2011 16:09 - 1 Comment
Help for men on how to be fathers
U. CHICAGO (US) — Support groups in the community and online benefit new dads and their families as they figure out how to become fathers. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 16, 2011 12:51 - 0 Comments
Big numbers count when learning 1-2-3
U. CHICAGO (US) — Preschool children don’t “get” counting until they are taught about the numeral four and higher numbers, according to a new study. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jun 8, 2011 10:46 - 2 Comments
Decoded: 28,000 words from Mesopotamia
U. CHICAGO (US) — Scientists have written the final chapter of a near century-long project to document words written in cuneiform on clay tablets in Mesopotamia between 2500 B.C. and A.D. 100. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jun 3, 2011 9:28 - 3 Comments
Reliance on emotion fades as we age
U. CHICAGO (US) — Children have more empathy for victims, judge wrongdoing more harshly, and are more likely to believe in punishment for damage done. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 23, 2011 13:11 - 1 Comment
Med tech ends need to justify means
U. CHICAGO (US) — To control the rising cost of health care, consideration of the cost-effectiveness of research should be expanded when developing medical technology. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 11, 2011 16:52 - 2 Comments
Mining knowledge begets knowledge
U. CHICAGO (US) — The Internet no longer simply disseminates knowledge—it now has the potential to shape research through the expansion of metaknowledge—the study of knowledge itself. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 21, 2011 13:18 - 1 Comment
Couples communicate same to strangers
U. CHICAGO (US) — Couples and close friends may think they’re on the same wavelength, but a new study shows they don’t always convey messages to each other as well as they think. (more…)
Top Stories - Jan 18, 2011 18:03 - 1 Comment
Men like jobs where winners get paid
U. CHICAGO (US) — Men are more likely than women to seek jobs in which they get to battle it out with coworkers to determine who gets paid more, a new study shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 10, 2010 16:48 - 3 Comments
Teaching kids math early adds up
U. CHICAGO (US) — The amount of time parents spend talking to their young children about numbers has a significant impact on how they learn mathematics. (more…)
