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Mentoring, leadership program key to ending bullying in at-risk teen girls
Apr 30, 2013 18:21
New research from experts within the University of Minnesota School of Nursing has found teen girls at high risk for pregnancy...
Warming up to people: Physical warmth promotes cooperation
Apr 30, 2013 18:11
Those with a friendly disposition are often described as warm. Recently published research suggests the link between temperature...
Harming one to save many: Utilitarians found to lack empathic concern
Apr 29, 2013 2:08
Those who would sacrifice one person to save five others score low on one particular measure of empathy, but not other measures,...
Poor parenting — including overprotection — increases bullying risk
Apr 26, 2013 20:32
Children who are exposed to negative parenting – including abuse, neglect but also overprotection – are more likely to...
Researcher studies hormone levels and sexual motivation among young women
Apr 26, 2013 20:30
Feeling frisky? If so, chances are greater your estrogen level –– and, perhaps, fertility –– are hitting their monthly...
As people live longer and reproduce less, natural selection keeps up
Apr 25, 2013 18:12
In many places around the world, people are living longer and are having fewer children. But that’s not all. A study...
Study reveals dramatic changes in global attitudes toward domestic violence
Apr 25, 2013 18:05
Global attitudes about domestic violence changed dramatically during the first decade of the 2000s, according to a new University...
People care about the source of cash, attach less value to ‘tainted’ wealth
Apr 24, 2013 18:26
It’s no accident that money obtained through dishonest or illegal means is called “dirty money.” A new study from the...
Humans feel empathy for robots
Apr 23, 2013 18:31
From the T-101 to Data from Star Trek, humans have been presented with the fictional dilemma of how we empathize with robots....
Whether human or hyena, there’s safety in numbers
Apr 23, 2013 18:26
Humans, when alone, see threats as closer than they actually are. But mix in people from a close group, and that misperception...
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