Almost half of all children in the United Kingdom will see their parents--whether married or unmarried--split by their 16th birthdays, according to a ...
According to EPA, in 2010 alone the reductions in fine particle and ozone pollution from the 1990 Clean Air Act amendments prevented more than 160,000 cases of early death.
According to a recent survey, more Americans believe making higher education more affordable would be an effective means of helping those who are stru...
By Bonnie Rochman
TIME
We women talk a good game about wanting our partners to step up and parent alongside us -- to change diapers, cut off crusts f...
School's back in session, and if you're anything like most people, your sleep schedule is out of whack from a winter break spent with family and friends.
Without the work of Reid, Obama, Pelosi, and yes, even Joe Lieberman, DADT would not have been repealed this weekend -- and would be in place for the foreseeable future, with a new Republican House about to take control.
Divorcing parents usually worry about the long-term emotional impact their split could have on the kids, but new research suggests there may be a phys...
I was born more than three weeks past my due date and haven't been on time for anything since. In fact, I have such a reputation for tardiness that people have said I will be late to my own funeral, which is fine with me because I am in no big hurry to get there.
A long-delayed government epidemiological study of possible ties between diesel exhaust and lung cancer in miners may finally be published this fall -...
I read this well-researched article in The New York Times and found, much to my relief, that I do not need to inflict the study skills of my youth on my own children.
Well, if I fall asleep by one, I get six hours of sleep. That's not too bad... Okay, now it's two. If I fall asleep RIGHT NOW I can manage five hours. I can function on five hours.
Since grade school, most students have been taught the "right" way to study: Dedicate yourself. Memorize. Lock yourself in a quiet room and don't leav...
New secrets of the female brain -- how it reacts to stress and monthly menstrual cramps -- have been revealed in two studies that harnessed brain scan...
Pancreatic tumor cells use fructose to divide and proliferate, U.S. researchers said on Monday in a study that challenges the common wisdom that all s...
If you were with a group of married men you'd probably get a stronger response if you spoke poorly about their favorite football team than if you talked bad about their marriage.
The South African researchers found the noise in the stadium "reached dangerously high levels," averaging 131 decibels but up to 144 decibels. At thes...
After returning from the ocean, the same small groups of female humpback whales meet up each summer to swim alongside each other and feed in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Whether rich or poor, residents of the United States or China, illiterate or college graduates, parents who have books in the home increase the level ...
WASHINGTON (May 24) -- Almost half of the 500 most popular sunscreen products may actually increase the speed at which malignant cells develop and spr...
Stanford University professor Michael Mischel's marshmallow test fits well with weight loss. The solution to restraint is easy: be a 4-year old. Adopt the same strategy the self-disciplined children did and find ways to distract yourself.