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Freedom’s Just Another Word For Less Sexually Active Teens
Sophisticated statistical research is providing more evidence of a link between rigid parenting and increased sexual activity in older teens."“Warm, more democratic relationships — in which parents do not use negative and psychologically controlling behaviors — could...
NowPublic Needs to Change - Let Us Be Heard!
One of the newest and best contributors is leaving NowPublic because, as many of us know, things aren't great here. Here's a comment I left for Zichi, the guy who's leaving, and one in which I describe some of our... Passive Learning Imprints On The Brain Just Like Active Learning
It's conventional wisdom that practice makes perfect. But if practicing only consists of watching, rather than doing, does that advance proficiency? Yes, according to a study by Dartmouth researchers. They determined that people can acquire motor skills through the "seeing"...Vietnam Airlines to manage transport for Miss World 2010
Vietnam airlines will be the official sponsoring airline for the 60th Miss World contest, which will take place in Vietnam in 2010."The local carrier announced that under a freshly-signed Memorandum of Understanding...U.S. exports cigarettes, bras, bull semen to Iran
"WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. exports to Iran -- including brassieres, bull semen, cosmetics and possibly even weapons -- grew more than tenfold during President Bush's years in office even as he accused Iran of nuclear ambitions and helping terrorists. ... Doctor: Social networking sites skew kids' world view; can be psychologically...
Will generations of kids raised with "online lives" have less grasp of reality and be at psychological risk? Some health professionals see real problems ahead."Children growing up amid the rise of social networking Web sites may have a "potentially dangerous" view of the... Why We Save Stuff
Ever help a friend move and find yourself asking, why is she keeping that? A new study may have the answer. When people were asked to choose between an iPod and, say, $100, they were more likely to choose the money. But when they were given an iPod and then immediately... Hezbollah sleeper cells may be active in Canada: report
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWith the USA Homeland Security NO Fly list of a million plus people, certainly this list will be out to good use. Though Canada states they no longer use this list... Ex-Pentagon Lawyers Face Inquiry on Interrogation Role
"WASHINGTON — Senior Pentagon lawyers played a more active role than previously known in developing the aggressive interrogation techniques approved for use in 2002 at the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba,...Deputies nab snoozing break-in suspect in Comstock
"Deputies nab snoozing break-in suspect in Comstock AP Posted: 2008-06-16 09:13:35 COMSTOCK, Mich. (AP) - Kalamazoo County sheriff's deputies arrested a suspected burglar they say ransacked a home, stacked electronic equipment outside and then fell asleep on a couch back...Religious clashes erupt in India
"At least 40 people have been injured in religious clashes on a remote delta island in India's eastern state of West Bengal, police say. Fifteen of those injured in the clashes on Sagar island, at the confluence of the Ganges and the sea, were policemen. Supporters of the... ChineseHackers No Slackers - Violate Congressional Computers
Anyone surprised by story has likely been asleep since Mao died."In a press conference held on June 11, U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf has made public that his office computers were hacked in August 2006 and that the FBI and... Fit kids who eat well are better students, study finds
Yep, makes sense to me. As with most things, quality input yields better output."When a quarter-million Ontario school children were prepping for last week's province-wide tests in the "3 Rs," they may have... This Just In! Kids Playing Street Hockey!
Before you reach for the wrench, just hang on a sec... I'm doing a bit of bug reportage here on the front porch (hey, it's Sunday, gimme a break), and a production crew is filming the street's kids as they do battle... Director General of MI5 humiliated in whistleblower battle against journalist
"Having been left with no option other than to resign from the Security Department of the Home Office, John Francis Smith soon found another job in the NHS and though not as well paid, he survived comfortably enough....
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