News articles tagged with 'social' (Page 2)
Exploring religion, youth and sexuality
— 28 Feb 2011 16:37 | HealthSexuality and religion are generally considered uncomfortable bedfellows. Now, for the first time, a team of researchers from Nottingham have carried out a detailed study around these…
Happy children make happy adults
— 26 Feb 2011 16:45 | HealthBeing a 'happy' teenager is linked to increased well-being in adulthood, new research finds…
Tweeting teenage songbirds reveal impact of social cues on learning
— 26 Feb 2011 16:42 | BiologyIn a finding that once again displays the power of the female, UCSF neuroscientists have discovered that teenage male songbirds, still working to perfect their song, improve their performance…
Gaze following abilities in wolves
— 24 Feb 2011 20:20 | BiologyFollowing others' gaze direction is an important source of information that helps to detect prey or predators, to notice important social events within one's social group and to predict…
Mean girls and queen bees: Females threatened by social exclusion will reject others first
— 24 Feb 2011 19:32 | BiologyMany studies have suggested that males tend to be more physically and verbally aggressive than females. According to a new study, to be published in Psychological Science, a journal…
Sustainability solutions need the power of networks
— 21 Feb 2011 17:54 | TechnologyThe choices an individual makes about environmental issues are affected by family, friends and others in a person's social network. Michigan State University scientists are studying…
Higher levels of social activity decrease the risk of developing disability in old age
— 18 Feb 2011 18:35 | HealthAfraid of becoming disabled in old age, not being able to dress yourself or walk up and down the stairs? Staying physically active before symptoms set in could help. But so could going…
Children in public housing play outdoors more
— 18 Feb 2011 18:32 | HealthYoung children living in urban public housing spend more time playing outdoors than other urban children, according to researchers at Rice University, Columbia University and Princeton…
Build your online networks using social annotations
— 17 Feb 2011 17:30 | TechnologyResearchers at Toshiba are working on a way of finding clusters of like-minded bloggers and others online using 'social annotations.' Social annotations are the tags and keywords, the…
Flu reduction policies don't need to start at the beginning of an outbreak, study suggests
— 11 Feb 2011 16:33 | HealthIt might be better to implement policies to reduce the impact of a flu epidemic a few weeks after the start of an outbreak rather than straight away, according to a new study that uses…