Most parents and many teachers believe that if middle-school and high-school girls show no interest in science or math, there's little anyone can do about it. New research by a team that includes vocational psychologists at UWM indicates that the self-confidence instilled by parents and teachers is more important for young girls learning math.
Women tend to choose husbands who look like their fathers, a study shows.
Don't talk with your mouth full. Don't talk to strangers. Look both ways before crossing the street.These are rules we've heard since we were young - but like mama always said, rules are made to broken.
I just took this sex ID test to find out if I think like a man or a woman. The results were surprisingly right on the money.
Scientists have some proof that the male off-spring of women who wear perfume and scented creams during early pregnancy are more likely to suffer fertility problems in later life. They warn women trying to get pregnant not to wear scented products.
Life is an endless series of negotiations, small and large. Getting a great deal on a new car, talking your husband into taking a vacation, enlisting reluctant co-workers to adopt your big idea, recruiting friends to a cause — all require clever powers of persuasion.
It is the one currency still in use that dates back thousands of years -- sex. Apparently people are willing to trade sex for either goods or favors. A survey finds college students bartering intimacy for a variety of things, including help preparing for a test....
David Campbell switched on the overhead projector and wrote “Evolution” in the rectangle of light on the screen. He scanned the faces of the sophomores in his Biology I class. Many of them, he knew from years of teaching high school in this Jacksonville suburb, had been raised to take the biblical creation story as fact.
One of the best parts of my trip to Lego and exploring their factory was the minifig production lines, where the head and body of the most famous toy citizen in world gets painted and assembled at uncanny speeds. To celebrate its 30th Anniversary, here's a video showing how they are built, from raw plastic to final assembly.
Digital History enhances history teaching and research through primary sources, an online textbook, extensive reference resources, and interactive materials. This is fantastic - A must-see!
Want to know how to make your dreams a reality? Follow one woman's quest to quit her job in order to pursue her passions. A source of inspiration for the rest of us.
I was recently stopped by Homeland Security as I was returning from a trip to Syria. What I saw in the hours that followed shocked and disturbed me.
Your crafty older relatives used to have to mail-order their video tutorials or wait for "This Old House" reruns to get their DIY on, but the age of streaming video has been good to those who like to tinker and try out neat tricks
Breaking up with someone you love can be one of the toughest emotional struggles you’ll go through. How have you handled breakups in the past? What can you do to minimize pain for the other person and yourself?
In response to Askmen.com's “Top 10: Things Only Men Can Do” list we knew we had to post our own rebuttal. Behold, our list of 21 things only chicks can do. What's your opinion?
Imagine that America had no system of post-secondary education, and you were a member of a task force assigned to create one from scratch. One of your colleagues submits this proposal.
Why does a country that was formerly part of the USSR have the same name as a state in the American Deep South?