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Feb 13, 2013

Do Good Grades Spread Like Measles?

Good grades could be contagious. Students surrounded by friends who earn better grades than they do tend to see their own grades rise over the next year, according to a new study. The smarter that your friends are today, there's a higher chance for you to become smarter as well...

Apr 2, 2013

'Party Pathway' Leads Some College Students Astray

As high school seniors across the country tear open their college acceptance letters this month, a pair of researchers warns that party schools could be shortchanging some of their undergrads. Elizabeth Armstrong and Laura Hamilton for five years followed a group of 53 young women who started college on the...

Apr 24, 2013

Which Jobs Actually Use Math?

Sure, your 7th grade algebra teacher claimed you'd need math all the time. But something doesn't add up: most Americans never use advanced math on the job, research suggests. Less than a quarter of workers use math beyond fractions at their jobs, according to a survey of 2,300 workers conducted...

May 2, 2013

Professors: Students May Judge Your Facebook Profile

College students are often warned to be careful what they post on Facebook. As it turns out, professors may want to take care, too. New research finds that undergraduates judge professors based on their Facebook profiles (though few are likely to friend their professors). For instance, a professor with a...

May 2, 2013

Upcoming Porn Journal to Explore Sexy Science

A soon-to-launch academic journal will peer into corners of the Internet most people erase from their search histories. Porn Studies, set to debut next spring, will be dedicated to a critical exploration of those cultural products and services designated as pornographic, according to The Guardian. The journal will be under...

May 7, 2013

Gallery: Futuristic 'Smart Textiles' Merge Fashion with Tech

The Future of Fashion (Image credit: Textiles Nanotechnology Laboratory/Cornell University)Fashion designers and engineers are collaborating to develop innovative smart textiles, or garments that merge fashion and technology.These dresses were created in the Textiles Nanotechnology Laboratory at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. The brown and blue dress on the left was...

May 28, 2013

Plasticized Bodies Come to Singapore Medical School

At a Singapore medical school, doctors-to-be are learning anatomy on human bodies preserved in plastic. The bodies, which were donated to science, have undergone a process called plastination, which replaces the fat and water in a cadaver with plastic and other polymers. The treatment maintains the tissues' structural properties and...

May 30, 2013

Kindermusik Recalls Toys

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with Kindermusik International, Inc. of Greensboro N.C., announced a voluntary recall of about 7,000 Zoom Buggy Cars and 300 Dream Pillow Stars were sold in the United States, 1300 Zoom Buggy Cars and 100 Dream Pillow Stars were sold...

May 30, 2013

Day Care Focuses on Teaching, and Exercise Suffers

An emphasis on learning at the expense of exercise is one of several reasons why children in many day care centers are not getting enough physical activity, a new study suggests. Concern for the children's safety is another factor in keeping them from being sufficiently active, according to the study,...

May 30, 2013

Most High School Kids Don't Get Enough Exercise, CDC Reports

Most high school kids are not getting enough exercise, but more boys than girls are meeting official recommendations, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The report showed that 15 percent of high school students in 2010 engaged in at least 60 minutes...

May 30, 2013

School Vending Machines Detrimental to Kids' Diets

School lunch programs often get a bad rap for not providing kids with the proper nutrition, but vending machines on campuses are making matters worse, a new study suggests. The results show school children who consume foods purchased in vending machines take in more calories and fewer essential vitamins and...

May 30, 2013

More Teens Wearing Seatbelts, But Texting While Driving Common

High school students have improved some of their risky driving behaviors over the last decade, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Between 1991 and 2011, the percentage of high school students who said they never or rarely wore a seatbelt declined from 26...

May 31, 2013

Is College Worth the Money?

Right around this time every year, new graduates leave their ivory towers for the real world. Most graduates have dreams of making their mark, but also hear horror stories of unemployed millennials moving in with Mom or using their master's degree as a barista in a coffee shop. In today's...

Jun 18, 2013

Smart Glasses Help Shy Students Speak Up

New, intelligent glasses may soon allow professors to gauge the effectiveness of their teaching based on symbols floating above their students' heads. Computer scientists at Universidad Carlos III of Madrid have developed augmented reality glasses that students can interact with remotely using their cellphones. Students send messages to the glasses,...

Jun 20, 2013

Virtual Reality Could Hone Brain Surgery Skills

MONTREAL — With blood pooling in his head, the patient didn't stand a chance. Rookie after rookie stepped up, trying to attack the patient's brain tumor with surgical tools, but thankfully for the suffering patient, the surgery was a simulation at the Montreal Neurological Institute at McGill University. The institute,...