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Women: Hope to marry young? Head to Alaska, steer clear of Alabama

By Guest PostSeptember 16, 2010Culturebargaining power, behavior differ, daniel kruger, evolutionary psychology, marry, promiscuous, sex trafficking, university of michigan, women

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—When men outnumber women, females marry younger and the age gap between spouses grows, a University of Michigan study shows.

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Professor to Explain How Happiness Might be Increased

By Guest PostAugust 31, 2010Culture, General21st century corps of discovery lecture, american ideal of life, happiness, intellectuals, kennon m sheldon, positive psychology, psychology, three ways to achieve happiness, university of missouri

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Is it even possible to become happier?

The possibilities of happiness, and how to achieve that elusive feeling, have dominated the thoughts of great intellectuals throughout time, including the hundreds of books one can find on the current market.

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Smoking Increases Depressive Symptoms in Teens

By Guest PostAugust 29, 20101 commentCulture, Healthadolescents, cigarettes, depressive symptoms, jennifer o’loughlin, low socio-economic neighbourhoods, michael chaiton, nicotine, ontario tobacco research, self-medicate, smoking, teenagers

While some teenagers may puff on cigarettes to “self-medicate” against the blues, scientists at the University of Toronto and the University of Montreal have found that smoking may actually increase depressive symptoms in some adolescents. Published in the journal Addictive Behaviors, the findings are part of the long-term Nicotine Dependence in Teens (NDIT) study based at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre.

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Problems, Opportunities Face Online Religion News, MU Expert Says

By Guest PostAugust 28, 20101 commentCulturepolarizing religion news, religion journalists, religion news, religion news sites

COLUMBIA, Mo. – The recent economic decline has caused many newspapers across the country to make significant cutbacks in staffing and coverage. An MU journalism expert says one area of news that has suffered from these cutbacks is religion news. Debra Mason, professor of journalism studies at the Missouri School of Journalism and director of the Center on Religion and the Professions, says that religion news, which was once routine in many newspapers, has now been relegated to websites and blogs. (more…)

The Facebook Song :-)

By ShamsAugust 22, 2010Culture, EntertainmentFacebook, facebook song

Misused by many many nasty men

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Love: What Brain Says

By ShamsAugust 20, 2010Culture, Scienceanthropologist, brain, helen fisher, love, romantic

Scientists believe by looking into the brain it’s possible to say whether couples are in deep love or …. (more…)

Rare Gold Coin in Israel

By Guest PostAugust 17, 2010Culture, Science2, 200-year-old coin, alexandria, andrea berlin, andrew booz, antiquities, donald ariel, egyptian ptolemies, hellenistic age, Iraq, Israel, israel museum, james r wiseman, Jerusalem, john g pedley, kelsey museum, kelsey museum of archaeology, lisa cakmak, ptolemaic egyptian queen, ptolemaic mint, seleucid empire, sharon herbert, sharon webb, tel kedesh, university of michigan, upper galilee

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Sharon Herbert and her team were wrapping up their dig at the Tel Kedesh site in Israel, sweeping the site in the 140-degree heat, when a student showed University of Michigan doctoral instructor Lisa Cakmak what he first thought was a gold candy wrapper.

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Stereotyping has lasting negative impact, says U of T researcher

By Guest PostAugust 16, 20102 commentsCulture, Generaladverse impacts, aggression, april kemick, effects, michael inzlicht, prejudice, psychology, scarborough, self control, stereotyping, university of toronto

*Prejudice has lingering effects, study shows*

Aggression. Over-eating. Inability to focus. Difficulty making rational decisions. New research out of the University of Toronto Scarborough shows prejudice has a lasting negative impact on those who experience it.

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