Kids learn to share by age 7-8, study finds

Parents concerned about the selfish tendencies of their young children can breathe a sigh of relief. They may not be full-blown psychopaths just yet.A new study suggests the concept of sharing is learned later...

Cattle and Deer May Sense Earth's Magnetic Field

"Images from Google Earth have confirmed that cattle tend to align their bodies in a north-south direction. Wild deer also display this behaviour - a phenomenon that has apparently gone unnoticed by herdsmen...

10 lessons from the medieval knights

"Police are putting unruly youngsters through their paces on an eight-week "knight school", to teach them some of the ways of medieval knights. The Lincolnshire scheme has been hailed a success in improving behaviour, so what kind of lessons could knights teach youngsters...

Cattle shown to align north-south

"Have you ever noticed that herds of grazing animals all face the same way? Images from Google Earth have confirmed that cattle tend to align their bodies in a north-south direction. Wild deer also display this behaviour - a phenomenon that has apparently gone unnoticed by...

British tourists love drunken debauchery

British tourists are quickly becoming known as problem travelers, according to a lengthy feature in today's New York Times. Apparently they've gained a reputation for drunken tomfoolery at major resorts around...

Desperate pervert Gary Glitter heading back to UK

"His decision ends a two-day farce that began when he was released from a Vietnamese prison after serving his sentence for child abuse. The 64-year-old has been twice refused entry into Thailand and once turned away from Hong Kong after flying out from Vietnam. But Thai...

Baby beater jailed for six months

This 20-month old boy surely unlucky to have such an experienced. His brain will record this incident and could cause him a trauma. " The parents of the 20-month-old boy had become concerned about the behaviour...

Gay Nazi victims' monument vandalised

Less than two months old, a monument to the gay victims of the Holocaust has been vandalized by persons unknown. "The monument -- a grey concrete slab that stands about 5m igh -- contains a window through which...

6 arms and 2 legs

A while back I highlighted a story about how a marine zoo in Weymouth UK was trying to find out if Octopuses were left or right handed by getting them to play with Rubik's Cubes and other toys now that research...

Supermarket drives away trouble with classical music!

The soothing tones of classical music have a rather different effect on the hooded younger generation. I must admit I am a classical music fan, but there is just one composer that leaves me cold...Richard Wagner"A...

Top cop jailed for child porn

"A FORMER federal policeman has been jailed for five months on child pornography charges by a magistrate who said a ruined career and community ridicule were not punishment enough. Michael Edward Hatch,...

Teachers to frisk students

Under a new plan by the UK government, teachers in Britain are going to be given the authority to search students. Teachers are currently only allowed to search students for knives or other dangerous weapons. "Teachers are to be given the authority to search pupils for drink,...

Greedy, rude adults 'fuelling teen violence'

Our papers are full of stories about how bad teenagers are. The truth is most of them don't do drugs, don't get pregnant, are not habitually drunk or binge drinking, don't smoke cigarettes never mind weed, yet...

British businesswoman faces six years in Dubai jail after being caught having...

'We did NOT have sex on the beach - we were simply kissing and hugging,' British woman tells Dubai court  "The British expat accused of having drunken sex on a Dubai beach has told a court she was simply...

Boris Johnson launches inquiry into claims against deputy

New London mayor Boris Johnson has been embroiled in his first scandal, with revelations that his Deputy Mayor Ray Lewis, who has been a rising star in UK Conservative politics, was disrobed as an Anglican...

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