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'Free play' for children, teens is vital to social development, reports BC psychologist

'Free play' for children, teens is vital to social development, psychologist says

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A new theory about early human adaptation suggests that our ancestors capitalized on their capacities for play to enable the development of a highly cooperative way of life.





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Landmark Study Investigates Arrogance

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 17, 2007 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (17) | comments 0

Arrogance is not just an unpleasant personality trait — it can also affect an organization's morale and bottom line.


Children aren't egotists

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 30, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A Canadian researcher said parental efforts to boost their children's self esteem haven't created a crop of narcissistic young adults.


Do today's young people really think they are so extraordinary?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 17, 2008 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (8) | comments 1

When asked about the state of today’s youth, former president Jimmy Carter recently mused “I’ve been a professor at Emory University for the past twenty years and I interrelate with a wide range of students... I don’t detect ...


Planetary Society plans new 'solar sail'

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (14) | comments 1

(AP) -- Four years after its first solar sail ended up in the ocean instead of orbit, The Planetary Society announced Monday that by the end of 2010 it will try again to launch a spacecraft that will be propelled by the ...


Illinois governor takes stem cell stance

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created Jul 14, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has sidestepped his state's Legislature and committed $10 million to stem cell research by executive order.


Public still suspicious of scientists

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 31, 2006 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (9) | comments 0

‘Our arrogance cost us the GM debate’ is the message to academics and business delegates at the White Rose Bioscience Forum today (Tuesday 31 October).


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Behavioral studies show baboons and pigeons are capable of higher-level cognition

Biology /

created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 4

It's safe to say that humans are smarter than animals, but a University of Iowa researcher is investigating the extent of that disparity in intelligence.


CAGW: Moon, Mars Missions Not A Priority For Taxpayers

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created Jun 17, 2005 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

WASHINGTON, June 16 (SPX) -- Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today criticized plans to move forward with missions to the moon and Mars with an impending record deficit, chronic management problems at NASA, and unresolved ...


Nuclear Bombs

Geography professor writes first in-depth account of scheme to engineer with atom bombs

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created Dec 15, 2005 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (24) | comments 0

What would you think if someone told you that not so long ago, the U.S. government, led by gung-ho scientists, seriously considered exploding 300 or more atomic bombs to blast a sea-level canal in Panama? Or ...



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