News tagged with family life

Research team finds new explanation for Cambrian explosion

(PhysOrg.com) -- For hundreds of years, researchers from many branches of science have sought to explain the veritable explosion in diversity in animal organisms that started approximately 541 million years ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (20) | comments 11 | with audio podcast report

UK youth are happy after all?

As part of the study, which will follow 40,000 UK households over a number of years more than 2,000 young people aged between 10 to 15 years have been asked how satisfied they are with their lives. The findings indicate ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 02, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Couples who do the dishes together stay happier

A new study published by The University of Western Ontario reveals that couples who share the responsibility for paid and unpaid work report higher average measures of happiness and life satisfaction than those in other family ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Improving evolutionary Tree of Life: Study provides robust molecular phylogeny for mammalian families

An international research team led by biologists at the University of California, Riverside and Texas A&M University has released for the first time a large and robust DNA matrix that has representation for ...

Biology / Evolution

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

No comfort in comfort foods during tough economic times, study finds

Most of us can name our favorite "comfort foods" and believe that we are most prone to seek them out during times of stress and upheaval -- like moving to a new town or starting (or ending!) a job. Contrary to this well-engrained ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Telecommuters with flextime stay balanced up to 19 hours longer

Not surprising: Telecommuters balance work and family life better than office workers.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Many top US scientists wish they had more children

Nearly half of all women scientists and one-quarter of male scientists at the nation's top research universities said their career has kept them from having as many children as they had wanted, according to a new study by ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Children seriously affected when a parent suffers from depression

Life is hard for the children of a parent suffering from depression. Children take on an enormous amount of responsibility for the ill parent and for other family members. It is therefore important for the health services ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Social network Path runs with Nike

Intimate social network Path has kept its stride after a privacy stumble and on Friday began running with Nike.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

140 new species described by California Academy of Sciences in 2011

In 2011, researchers at the California Academy of Sciences added 140 new relatives to our family tree. The new species include 72 arthropods, 31 sea slugs, 13 fishes, 11 plants, nine sponges, three corals, ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Recipe for family mealtimes calls for 3 ingredients in the right amounts

A University of Illinois scientist reports that family mealtimes that contain three ingredients in the right amounts can improve the quality of life in children who have chronic asthma.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 04, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Varied views towards the Falkland Islands dispute from young Argentines

Researchers at the University of Liverpool have found that that the opinions of young people in Argentina towards the Falklands/Malvinas Islands are varied and influenced by a number of factors including geographical location, ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0