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Dogs’ Ability to Sense Communication Similar to Infants0
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- January 9, 2012
A new study found that dogs can sense human communication in a way similar to infants. ABC World News, 1/5/2012
READ MOREDoes your brain take out the trash while you sleep?0
- Health & Healing
- October 21, 2013
We know that sleep helps us to learn and remember things better, but a new study by the University of Rochester Medical Center has found that it also helps our brain to clean out any liquid waste. The study also shows that our brain cells actually shrink while we’re asleep, which allows more room for
READ MOREDoes star power do any good? A Q & A on ‘celebrity diplomacy’0
- Celebrity HealthStyles
- March 22, 2012
The LA Times interviews University of Waterloo political science professor Andrew F. Cooper, who dissected in his book "Celebrity Diplomacy" what happens when stars and international issues collide. LA Times, 3/20/2012
READ MOREDoes GMO Corn Really Cause Tumors in Rats0
- Environmental Well-Being
- September 26, 2012
This week, a French research team published a paper in a peer-reviewed US journal showing that rats exposed to low doses of both genetically modified corn and the widely used herbicide Roundup had negative health effects. The results, already generating plenty of debate, are not as clear-cut as they seem at first glance. But they do shine
READ MOREDoes a four-day school week help or harm?0
- Home & Family
- September 1, 2011
The debate over sending kids to school fewer days a week continues, posing the question, "Is less more?" NBC Nightly News, 8/31/2011
READ MOREDocumentary captures pressure on students to succeed0
- Family & Kids
- January 1, 2011
Schools across the country have been holding screenings of “Race to Nowhere,’’ a film that has been inspiring conversations about the effect on children of high expectations to succeed. The documentary seems to suggest that teachers, coaches, and parents should seriously consider refraining from pushing kids too hard to succeed, as the pressure can have
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