Getting married later can have economic costs, benefits
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.
Mar 15, 2013
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Mar 15, 2013
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Changes in US population coming sooner than expected
(Phys.org) —A major cultural and geographic divide is emerging between Americans under age 35 and over 50, according to University of Michigan demographer William Frey.
Mar 14, 2013
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War was a money-spinner for the rank-and-file soldier in the Late Middle Ages
Research by a University of Southampton historian has found that the practice of ransom was widespread among all soldiers during the Hundred Years War (1337 – 1453) and not, as generally thought, just the preserve of kings, ...
Jan 25, 2013
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Developers of gadget interfaces must consider interactive skills, reactions of older users
Queensland University of Technology researchers have found the reasons why parents and grandparents often complain their children can pick up a gadget and use it straight away or that they need them to set ...
Oct 08, 2012
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Discussing medieval sermon studies
Three experts in medieval sermon studies walk into a Harvard Square bar. One of them says …
Sep 28, 2012
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Presidential candidates could get medieval with 'indirect aggression' debate tactics
(Phys.org)—As Barack Obama and Mitt Romney prepare to square off in a series of presidential debates, the candidates and their running mates could go medieval on their opponents by using a rhetorical technique that dates ...
Sep 26, 2012
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Ancient records shed light on Italian earthquakes (Aquila area)
When a damaging earthquake struck the area of L'Aquila in central Italy in 2009, it was the latest in the region's long history of strong and persistent quakes. The rich recorded history of settlement in the area, along with ...
Aug 03, 2012
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Accepting the end: Bucket lists, cemeteries show changing attitudes toward death
(Phys.org) -- Bucket lists are more than goals or accomplishments a person wants to achieve before dying. They are also a way for people to discuss death -- even though most of us probably would rather avoid doing so, according ...
Jul 19, 2012
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LA's Getty Museum illustrates death in Middle Ages
(AP) — Death and taxes may both be inevitable in this modern-day world of ours, yet it seems only death has had the ability to inspire great art in people since at least Medieval times.
Jun 10, 2012
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Romantic lessons from the Middle Ages
Love is in the air at the Bodleian Library this Valentine's Day, as the stories of epic medieval romances from King Arthur and Guinevere to Tristan and Isolde are on display.
Feb 14, 2012
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New iPhone app keeps eyesight from deteriorating
Deteriorating eyesight, which leads to the use of reading glasses, is a natural part of the aging process. But a new iPhone application developed by researchers at Tel Aviv University could keep your vision ...
Nov 01, 2011
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Seaside fortress was a final stronghold of early Islamic power
Archaeologists have long known that Yavneh-Yam, an archaeological site between the Israeli cities of Tel Aviv and Ashdod on the Mediterranean coast, was a functioning harbor from the second millennium B.C. ...
Sep 15, 2011
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Modern fish communities live fast and die young
Crafts, churches and charcoal
Norway's more than 1,000 year-old-city and historical capital, Trondheim, was a beehive of activity in medieval times. Recent archeological research in the city's popular public forest, "Bymarka", has uncovered more than ...
Apr 12, 2011
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Early substance misuse continues into middle age
Adolescents who misuse alcohol and drugs are at increased risk of continued misuse well into middle age. They are also at increased risk of experiencing mental health problems, accidents, physical health problems, premature ...
Feb 09, 2011
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