Half of babies 'will live to 100'

"More than half of babies now born in the UK and other wealthy nations will live to 100 years, researchers say. The study, published in The Lancet journal, also says the extra years are spent with less serious disability. " Well they said that we can expect our life...

Daily sweets 'linked to violence'

"Children who eat sweets and chocolate every day are more likely to be violent as adults, according to UK researchers. The Cardiff University study involving 17,500 people is the first into effects of childhood diet on adult violence."This is a very high sample number for...

Female managers face more sexual harassment

"Female managers are 137 percent more likely to experience sexual harassment than their rank-and-file counterparts, according to a recently released study.Even Heather McLaughlin, a sociologist at the University of Minnesota and the primary investigator on the study, was...

Just one in 15 domestic violence cases results in a conviction

"There has been a huge rise in domestic violence attacks - but prosecutors are only securing convictions in one in 15 cases, it has emerged. " There is, unfortunately, nothing terribly new about this statistic because the clear up rate for domestic violence has always been...

Youth rehabilitation scheme not helping offenders, says study

"Youth rehabilitation scheme not helping offenders, says study" I posted a story ten minutes ago about how research is often manipulated to promote [normally political] agendas. In that story, it was a major UK publication who published inaccuracies. In this case, it appears...

If the research doesn’t say what you want, just lie about it

"In steps bad science reporters to fill in the gap, elevating hack scientists over good ones because the hacks say what sexists want to hear, anthropomorphizing animal research to reach strained conclusions, claiming that misogynist conclusions were reached in research that...

Is it now a crime to be poor?

"IT’S too bad so many people are falling into poverty at a time when it’s almost illegal to be poor. You won’t be arrested for shopping in a Dollar Store, but if you are truly, deeply, in-the-streets poor, you’re well advised not to engage in any of the biological...

70% say brides should take husband's name

"About 70% of Americans agree, either somewhat or strongly, that it's beneficial for women to take her husband's last name when they marry, while 29% say it's better for women to keep their own names, finds a study being presented today at the American Sociological...

Criminal behaviour – it's all in the game

"The Los Angeles police department is fighting street gangs. It reports that in the past five years there were more than 23,000 verified violent gang crimes in LA, including 784 homicides, nearly 12,000 felony assaults, approximately 10,000 robberies and just under 500 rapes....

Why Tall People Are Happier Than Short People

"Squirts probably don't need any more reasons to envy their longer-limbed neighbors. Unfortunately, a new study just added to the indignity of short people. According to a paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research, both men and women who are above average height —...

Motherhood 'devastates' women's pay, research finds

"Women with children earn about 22% less than their male colleagues, according to a new report that explores the "devastating" impact of motherhood on earnings. "Before becoming parents, men and women are equally likely to be employed, but childbirth marks the start of a...

Is There a Longevity Personality?

"Why do some people live to be older than others? You know the standard explanations: keeping an abstemious diet; engaging in regular exercise; and, if you're an unusual Frenchwoman, smoking cigarettes until you are 117 years old."Well, as the article says, we have largely...

Recession to Fuel More Family Murder, Suicide

"The dramatic murder-suicides last month involving a family in Ohio and another in California might be the tip of a deadly domestic-violence iceberg, a sociologist says."Ouch! As if recession doesn't bring about enough social problems, there is no evidence that it may lead to...