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Is empty nest best? Changes in marital satisfaction in late middle age
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Dec 02, 2008 |
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The phrase "empty nest" can conjure up images of sad and lonely parents sitting at home, twiddling their thumbs, waiting for their children to call or visit. However, a new study, reported in Psychological Science, a jour ...
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As Kids go to College, Empty Nest Syndrome for Parents Not so Bad After All
Aug 12, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It's that time of year when parents are buying college supplies and textbooks, while their children are packing their bags and preparing to leave the 'nest' for the first time.
From the egg, baby crocodiles call to each other and to mom
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Jun 23, 2008 |
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For the first time, researchers have shown that the pre-hatching calls of baby Nile crocodiles actually mean something to their siblings and to their mothers. The calls—which are perfectly audible to humans and sound like ...
Temporary infidelity may contribute to the stability of ancient relationships
Jun 01, 2009 |
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Partner switching between fungus farming ants and their fungal clones during nest establishment may contribute to the stability of this long-term mutualistic relationship.
Empty nest syndrome may not be bad after all, study finds
Feb 21, 2008 |
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One day they are crawling, the next day they are driving and then suddenly they aren’t kids anymore. As children reach adulthood, the parent-child relationship changes as parents learn to adapt to newly independent children. ...
Webcam fans mourn Calif. bald eagle chick deaths
Apr 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The only bald eagle nest on Santa Cruz Island is now a lonely place, one that webcam viewers were delighted to monitor just a few weeks ago.
Marriage improves after kids fly the coop, study suggests
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Dec 03, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- So much for the empty nest blues. A University of California, Berkeley, study that tracked the relationships of dozens of women has found evidence that marriages improve once the kids have flown the coop.
Can an ant be employee of the month?
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Nov 18, 2008 |
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Ants specializing on one job such as snatching food from a picnic are no more efficient than "Jane-of-all-trade" ants, according to new research.
Ants can learn to forage on one-way trails
Apr 01, 2009 |
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Ant trails fascinate children and scientists alike. With so many ants traveling in both directions, meeting and contacting one another, carrying their loads and giving the impression that they have a sense of urgency and ...
Birds use social learning to enhance nest defense
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Reed warblers live with the threat that a cuckoo bird will infiltrate their nest, remove one of their eggs, and replace it with the cuckoo's own. This 'parasitism' enables the cuckoo to have its young raised by unsuspecting ...
Internet addiction more serious than OCD
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Aug 20, 2007 |
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Internet addiction should be grouped with extreme addictive disorders such as gambling, sex addiction and kleptomania, an Israeli psychiatrist said.
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