News tagged with happiness gap

'Happiness gap' in the US narrows

Happiness inequality in the U.S. has decreased since the 1970s, according to research published this month in the Journal of Legal Studies.

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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Vt. struggles to rebuild mental health system

(AP) -- The remnants of Hurricane Irene did what policymakers hadn't been able to accomplish for more than a decade - close the state's antiquated psychiatric hospital.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Tiger mothers' should tame parenting approach

The Eastern view of parenting, as defined by best-selling author and self-described "tiger mother" Amy Chua, is that children should be pushed to excel at all costs. Parents needn't worry about their happiness, ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Mask-bot: A robot with a human face

Robotics researchers in Munich, Germany, have joined forces with Japanese scientists to develop an ingenious technical solution that gives robots a human face. By using a projector to beam the 3D image of ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Google co-founder 'pretty happy' in stealth role

(AP) -- Google co-founder Sergey Brin took a break from his work on the Internet search leader's secret projects to make a surprise appearance at a technology conference Wednesday.

Technology / Business

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The short goodbye: Weaning foals

It is widely believed that being born is about the most stressful thing that can happen to anybody. But being weaned cannot be too far behind it in the list of traumatic experiences. Most humans come to terms with it eventually ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Under 16s make up less than one percent of NHS patient surveys

Children under 16 make up less than 1% of participants in national NHS patient surveys, finds research published online in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.

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created Sep 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Men, women get equal care with Get With The Guidelines

Women received nearly the same quality of care as men at hospitals using the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines®–Heart Failure program, according to a study reported in Circulation: Heart Failure, an Ame ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Aug 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ambitious goals = satisfaction

Consumers who set ambitious goals have a greater level of satisfaction compared to those who set conservative goals, according to a recently published paper by the Cecile K. Cho, a University of California, Riverside assistant ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Student brings home new expertise to answer question in antibiotic resistance

Working out the structure of a complex formed when a protein binds to DNA has proved to be key in understanding how an antibiotic-producing organism controls resistance to its own antibiotic, and may be an ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Aug 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

U.S. comes up short on living longer

Helen DeSanctis was born in Paterson, N.J., the same year silk workers struck at more than 100 mills, Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole and William Howard Taft served as president of the United States. Her predicted life ...

Medicine & Health / Health

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