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Rethinking sexism: Study examines how society maintains the status quo

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 3

There is a tendency to think that only men treat women in a sexist way, but a new study by a University of Miami researcher and his daughter shows that both men and women participate in maintaining a gender hierarchy in our ...


Mothers pass on disease clues to offspring

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created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- When there is a threat of disease during pregnancy, mothers produce less aggressive sons with more efficient immune systems, researchers at The University of Nottingham have discovered.


Mothers pass on disease clues to offspring

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 24, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- When there is a threat of disease during pregnancy, mothers produce less aggressive sons with more efficient immune systems, researchers at The University of Nottingham have discovered.





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Want to live well? Harvard experts offer pragmatic pointers on getting healthy and staying there

Want to live well? Harvard experts offer pragmatic pointers on getting healthy and staying there

Medicine & Health / Health

created 9 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

You are what you eat. You're also how you feel, how you exercise, how you sleep, how you handle money, how you relate to people, and what you value.


HP researchers try to tell you who your friends are

Technology / Computer Sciences

created 10 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Most people have scores of contacts, scattered around their mobile phone, e-mail address book and multiple social networking sites. Scientists at Hewlett-Packard can tell you which of those contacts are your closest friends.


New study finds gender divide in children's use of cell phone features (w/ Video)

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It's a given that many children will ask their parents for cell phones this Christmas. Now, a recent study by University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) sociologist Shelia Cotten, Ph.D., finds that the way the kids will use ...


Sex may be better for mature audiences: study

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created 12 hours ago | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New university students might be thinking about exploring another rite of passage when they get to campus: the joy of sex. However, depending on their level of maturity, some students may find less joy than ...


Want privacy on Facebook? Here is how to get some (AP)

Want privacy on Facebook? Here is how to get some

Technology / Internet

created 13 hours ago | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- Over the past week, Facebook has been nudging its users - first gently, then firmly - to review and update their privacy settings.


Smoking and Drinking Linked to Bowel Cancer: Know Your Risks

Smoking and Drinking Linked to Bowel Cancer: Know Your Risks

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Besides delectable dishes that help us pack on the pounds during the holiday season, many people also let loose with a bottle of wine or a pack of cigarettes. Richard Rood, MD, says moderation ...


Research finds happiest US States match a million Americans' own happiness states

Research finds happiest US States match a million Americans' own happiness states

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created 14 hours ago | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2

New research by the UK's University of Warwick and Hamilton College in the US into the happiness levels of a million individual US citizens have revealed their personal happiness levels closely correlate ...


Wild chimps have near human understanding of fire, says study

Wild chimps have near human understanding of fire, study says

Biology / Plants & Animals

created 15 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The use and control of fire are behavioral characteristics that distinguish humans from other animals. Now, a new study by Iowa State University anthropologist Jill Pruetz reports that savanna ...


Antidepressants cut risk of hospital readmission for suicidal youth

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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Suicidal adolescents who were prescribed an antidepressant medication during inpatient psychiatric hospital treatment were 85 percent less likely than others to be readmitted within a month after discharge, a new study found.


Privacy watchdog files complaint against Facebook

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created 16 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- A Washington-based privacy advocacy group has filed a complaint against Facebook over the social network's latest privacy changes.



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