http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- The recession may be having some longer-term effects on families and children, including lower test scores and more single-parent homes, according to a Duke University professor whose research focuses on low-income families. http://www.physorg.com/news176582129.html Other Sciences Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:30:03 EST news176582129 Contemporary leaders are less trusting, but also less cynical, than those in top positions nearly four decades ago, according to a new comprehensive survey of White House Fellows -- a group that includes more than 600 prominent leaders in nearly every sector of American society. http://www.physorg.com/news173682042.html Other Sciences Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:40:02 EST news173682042 There is more to life satisfaction than money, and public policy programs aiming to tackle poverty need to move beyond simply raising people's income to also improving their quality of life in other areas. These findings1 by Professor Mariano Rojas from Mexico's Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales are published online in Springer's journal, Applied Research in Quality of Life. http://www.physorg.com/news171565671.html Other Sciences Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:30:03 EST news171565671 (PhysOrg.com) -- Indonesian women born into rural communities in rainy years grow taller, stay in school longer and live in households with greater wealth than women born in years with lower rainfall, a new University of Michigan study suggests. http://www.physorg.com/news163178133.html Other Sciences Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:16:16 EST news163178133 Four in five Americans support the idea of a nationwide study to investigate the interactions of genes, environment and lifestyle, and three in five say they would be willing to take part in such a study, according to a survey released today. The research was conducted by the Genetics and Public Policy Center at Johns Hopkins University with funding from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). http://www.physorg.com/news145720943.html Medicine & Health Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:02:23 EST news145720943