Posts Tagged ‘sociology’
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 - Aug 8, 2011 15:43 - 0 Comments
Scientists pick career over kids
RICE (US) — Long hours and academic pressures keep scientists at the nation’s top research universities from having as many children as they would like. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jul 13, 2011 12:21 - 0 Comments
South is ‘hot’ and Houston is No. 1
RICE (US) — The city of Houston added 1.2 million people in the past decade—an increase of more than 123,000 per year—more than any of the nation’s 366 metropolitan areas. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 11, 2011 12:51 - 3 Comments
Obesity up, life expectancy down
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) —The obesity epidemic in the U.S. may end the nearly century-long steady climb in life expectancy, according to new research. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jun 28, 2011 8:29 - 0 Comments
Bias grows when women are fertile
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — At certain points in a woman’s menstrual cycle, she is more biased against men of different races and social groups than men in her own group. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jun 21, 2011 11:45 - 4 Comments
Life expectancy in US in a free fall
U. WASHINGTON (US) — More than 80 percent of counties in the United States have life expectancies behind the 10 nations with the best records. (more…)
Top Stories - Jun 16, 2011 8:57 - 0 Comments
With food, does father know best?
TEXAS A&M (US) — Where dad chooses to eat on Father’s Day can have a big impact on the health of his children. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jun 3, 2011 14:41 - 3 Comments
Swearing in pain may be socially toxic
U. ARIZONA (US) — While a bit of blasphemy may take the sting out of a stubbed toe, overuse of profanity is a good way to lose friends and alienate those around you. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jun 3, 2011 12:34 - 0 Comments
Hispanics keeping rural towns afloat
IOWA STATE (US) — Small towns in the Midwest are being saved from growing ever smaller in part because of an influx of Hispanics in the last 20 years. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jun 2, 2011 12:58 - 1 Comment
Safe sex less likely with committed gays
NORTHWESTERN (US) — Gay young men in serious relationships are six times more likely to have unprotected sex than those who hook up with casual partners. (more…)
Top Stories - May 25, 2011 12:19 - 4 Comments
Whites in U.S. still live longer than blacks
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — While life expectancy in the United States has risen from 47 years in 1900 to 78 today, statistics show African Americans, on average, die five years earlier than whites. (more…)
Society & Culture - May 12, 2011 14:55 - 0 Comments
Bullying dampens academic success
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — The way teenagers deal with being bullied may be advantageous in the short term, but in the long run is disastrous, not only socially, but academically and professionally. (more…)
Top Stories - May 11, 2011 10:58 - 3 Comments
People marry for politics, not looks
RICE (US) — A study of more than 5,000 American couples shows that most people marry only those whose political views align with their own. (more…)
Top Stories - May 6, 2011 11:25 - 9 Comments
Atheist scientists: 20% are ‘spiritual’
RICE (US) — A survey of 275 scientists finds a fair number consider themselves spiritual but not religious. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 22, 2011 10:50 - 2 Comments
Question of race does disservice
RICE (US) — Scores of people could be underserved by a medical health form question that many take for granted. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 20, 2011 13:54 - 0 Comments
Climate heats up political divide
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Over the past decade, Republicans have increasingly denied global warming and Democrats have increasingly expressed belief in its existence. (more…)
Society & Culture - Apr 8, 2011 11:07 - 6 Comments
The case of the missing virginity
UC DAVIS (US) — For generations and across cultures, marriage for women has been a test of chastity, and the proof was in the hymen. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 5, 2011 13:41 - 0 Comments
Job loss raises risk of early death
MCGILL (CAN) / STONY BROOK (US) — Facing unemployment early in a career increases the chances of dying prematurely by as much as 63 percent. While the risk is true for both sexes, men most particularly are affected. (more…)
