Academically talented girls in the United States surpass boys in language performance and are narrowing the gap with their male counterparts in math achievement, according to new research from the Duke University Talent Identification ...
Social Sciences
Oct 12, 2016
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Boys and young men in Ethiopia have higher aspirations than their parents did, but often feel 'hopeless' due a lack of education or access to high status jobs, says new research.
Social Sciences
Sep 8, 2016
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Boys and girls are equally capable of understanding the offside rule in football, but it is boys' everyday experience of the game that makes them better at identifying players in offside positions, recent research from London ...
Social Sciences
Aug 16, 2016
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A new study finds that behavioral problems in early childhood have a larger negative effect on high school and college completion rates for boys than girls, which partially explains the substantial gender gap in educational ...
Social Sciences
Jun 22, 2016
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A new study shows that eighth-grade girls are better than boys at thinking through problems and using technology to solve them.
Social Sciences
May 17, 2016
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A study of the diets of boys and girls living in two states in India has found that by the age of 15, boys are likely to be eating a wider variety of foods than girls.
Social Sciences
Apr 28, 2016
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While most studies of parental sex discrimination explore the devastating social and demographic effects of a cultural preference for boys, a new studyexamines its psychological effects on the girls themselves.
Social Sciences
Feb 5, 2016
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A small piece of the skull of the 8000-year-old "Viste Boy" has now been sent to Sweden for DNA analysis. Scientists hope to learn more about early migration into Norway as well as clarify the skeleton's actual sex.
Archaeology
Dec 2, 2015
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It sounds like something straight out of a "Hunger Games" novel: The rulers of a sprawling empire select beautiful children from throughout their vast territories and kill them in a ritualistic event to reinforce their power.
Archaeology
Nov 14, 2015
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White working class boys from poor neighbourhoods face a 'double disadvantage' of low family income and place poverty linked to their wider community. This significantly reduces their likelihood of academic study after GCSE, ...
Social Sciences
Nov 13, 2015
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