http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Although no exact formula for marital bliss exists, a University of Missouri researcher has found that husbands and wives are happier when they share household and child-rearing responsibilities. However, sharing responsibilities doesn't necessarily mean couples divide chores equally, said Adam Galovan, a doctoral student in the MU Department of Human Development and Family Studies. http://phys.org/news284655889.html Other Sciences Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:05:17 EST news284655889 Men are almost as likely as women to want children, and they feel more isolated, depressed, angry and sad than women if they don't have them, a new study says. http://phys.org/news284232077.html Other Sciences Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:21:23 EST news284232077 Americans are getting married at ever-older ages, and a new report says this trend may be partly responsible for the shrinking of the middle class. http://phys.org/news282592161.html Other Sciences Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:50:01 EST news282592161 The Supreme Court will hear arguments later this month in two separate cases that could pave the way for federal recognition of same-sex marriages, while also overturning state restrictions that deny same-sex couples the right to wed. Supporters of marriage equality argue that denying same-sex couples the right to marry violates the Constitution's guarantee of equal protection under the law. The Supreme Court will hear the cases on March 26 and 27 and is expected to issue its opinions in June. http://phys.org/news282469147.html Other Sciences Thu, 14 Mar 2013 08:39:14 EST news282469147 (Phys.org)—A new University of British Columbia study that asked U.S. conservatives and liberals to rate the most influential historical figures of the 20th Century finds that the two sides of America's "culture wars" share a surprising level of common moral ground. http://phys.org/news271322873.html Other Sciences Mon, 05 Nov 2012 07:28:09 EST news271322873 A study by the University of Southampton has shown that women are having children later in life mainly because they are spending longer in education. http://phys.org/news266493270.html Other Sciences Mon, 10 Sep 2012 10:54:35 EST news266493270 A small, exploratory study suggests that many first-time parents - particularly mothers - actually increase the amount of time they spend on Facebook after the birth of their child. http://phys.org/news258029639.html Other Sciences Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:54:06 EST news258029639 (AP) -- Members of the Vatican's bioethics advisory panel have called for its board to resign after scientists who don't support core church teaching on issues like birth control and infertility were featured at its annual conference. http://phys.org/news255805095.html Other Sciences Wed, 09 May 2012 17:58:23 EST news255805095 The classic figure of a distant, career-focused father who spends lots of time at the office and who has little time for his kids might be getting outdated, a new study shows. http://phys.org/news237725840.html Other Sciences Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:57:28 EST news237725840 (PhysOrg.com) -- Federal family planning programs reduced childbearing among poor women by as much as 29 percent, according to a new University of Michigan study. http://phys.org/news233993518.html Other Sciences Wed, 31 Aug 2011 07:12:49 EST news233993518 (AP) -- A dispute between Indiana and federal Medicaid officials over Indiana's new abortion law cutting off some public funding for Planned Parenthood should be resolved by government administrators and not the courts, Indiana Solicitor General Thomas Fisher told a federal judge Monday. http://phys.org/news226595838.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:17:32 EST news226595838 (AP) -- The battle over Indiana's tough new abortion law cutting off much of the public funding for Planned Parenthood because it provides abortions moved back to the courts Monday where attorneys prepared to argue over the organization's request for a preliminary injunction blocking the statute. http://phys.org/news226549039.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Jun 2011 03:17:33 EST news226549039 Alaska again ranks first in the nation for chlamydia and is second for gonorrhea, state public health officials announced Tuesday. http://phys.org/news223798083.html Medicine & Health Thu, 05 May 2011 08:10:01 EST news223798083 The first national study of the prevalence of multiple partner fertility shows that 28 percent of all U.S. women with two or more children have children by more than one man. http://phys.org/news220881511.html Other Sciences Fri, 01 Apr 2011 12:59:12 EST news220881511 Any parent can tell you that raising a child is emotionally and intellectually draining. Despite their tales of professional sacrifice, financial hardship, and declines in marital satisfaction, many parents continue to insist that their children are an essential source of happiness and fulfillment in their lives. A new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, suggests that parents create rosy pictures of parental joy as a way to justify the huge investment that kids require. http://phys.org/news218303658.html Medicine & Health Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:30:05 EST news218303658 Post-pregnancy excess weight is likely caused by the impact of new parenthood stress on physical activity, Georgia Health Sciences University researchers say. http://phys.org/news217606119.html Medicine & Health Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:08:51 EST news217606119 (PhysOrg.com) -- Australian scientists have developed a potentially groundbreaking new measure of the health of an embryo and the likelihood of a successful pregnancy in IVF treatment. http://phys.org/news206011472.html Medicine & Health Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:40:01 EST news206011472 The hormone oxytocin has come under intensive study in light of emerging evidence that its release contributes to the social bonding that occurs between lovers, friends, and colleagues. Oxytocin also plays an important role in birth and maternal behavior, but until now, research had never addressed the involvement of oxytocin in the transition to fatherhood. http://phys.org/news201519302.html Medicine & Health Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:00:01 EST news201519302 Many scientists in academia bemoan the fact that their lifestyles do not allow them to have as many children as they would like. Surprisingly, male scientists harbor more regrets than female scientists, according to a study by Rice University sociologist Elaine Howard Ecklund. http://phys.org/news201444495.html Other Sciences Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:01:31 EST news201444495 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of brood parasitism in birds has shown that the nest-poaching New Zealand shining cuckoo's ability to mimic its grey warbler host is an evolutionary curiosity. http://phys.org/news189273444.html Biology Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:10:01 EST news189273444 Parenthood is pushing mothers and fathers in opposite directions on political issues associated with social welfare, from health care to education, according to new research from North Carolina State University. http://phys.org/news171626887.html Other Sciences Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:08:37 EST news171626887 (AP) -- Roughly a fourth of American women getting early abortions last year did so with drugs rather than surgery, statistics show, as a new study reported improved safety in using the so-called "abortion pill." http://phys.org/news166292010.html Medicine & Health Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:30:03 EST news166292010 A government-backed youth development pilot programme in England, aimed at reducing teenage pregnancies, drunkenness or cannabis use, didn't reduce teenage pregnancies and other outcomes and might have increased pregnancies, according to research published on bmj.com today. http://phys.org/news166252411.html Medicine & Health Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:13:54 EST news166252411