News tagged with indirect aggression

Psychologists' study finds TV ratings for kids' shows don't reflect aggressive content

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by psychologists from Iowa State University and Linfield College has found that TV ratings don't accurately reflect the aggressive content found in shows popular among children ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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Nature's medicine cabinet could yield hundreds of new drugs

There are probably at least 500 medically useful chemicals awaiting discovery in plant species whose chemical constituents have not yet been evaluated for their potential to cure or treat disease, according to a new analysis ...

Biology / Other

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Environmental troubles growing in Mid-East Gulf region due to rapid coastal development

The rapid, large scale coastal development underway in the Middle East must be better planned and managed to avoid aggravating already "severe" degradation and losses in the fragile marine ecosystems shared by eight Gulf ...

Space & Earth / Environment

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Study in underwater laboratory may help manage seaweed-eating fish that protect coral

A team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology is using the Aquarius underwater laboratory off the coast of Florida to study how the diversity of seaweed-eating fish affects endangered coral ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Invasive night geckos outcompete local day geckos

The nocturnal house gecko is an aggressive island invader with a bad reputation when it comes to interaction with the locals. House geckos have already contributed to the demise of many similar species active ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Violence doesn't add to children's enjoyment of TV shows, movies: study

Despite growing concern about the effects of media violence on children, violent television shows and movies continue to be produced and marketed to them. An Indiana University research study concludes that violence doesn't ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 24, 2011 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Twitter must give user info in Wikileaks probe (Update)

(AP) -- A federal magistrate ruled Friday that prosecutors can demand Twitter account information of certain users in their criminal probe into the disclosure of classified documents on WikiLeaks.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mean girls and queen bees: Females threatened by social exclusion will reject others first

Many studies have suggested that males tend to be more physically and verbally aggressive than females. According to a new study, to be published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Scienc ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Rivals say Facebook could be tough sell in China

Facebook may be eyeing a move into mainland China, but web firms there cast doubt on whether the social networking giant can tap the monster market -- assuming authorities lift a ban on the site.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gene test could solve prostate cancer riddle and spare thousands from surgery

A genetic pattern could predict how aggressive prostate cancer is before treatment, and whether the disease will come back in men who have already been treated, according to research published in the Lancet Oncology.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study: Popular kids -- but not the most popular -- more likely to torment peers

While experts often view aggressive behavior as a maladjusted reaction typical of social outcasts, a new study in the February issue of the American Sociological Review finds that it's actually popular adolescents—but not th ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0


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