Overworking husbands drive working wives back into the home, study finds August 04, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Americans work longer hours than ever. That not only hurts women's careers but also widens the gender gap and threatens to trigger a resurgence of the traditional homemaker/breadwinner family structure in dual-earner households, ... | |
Why New Political Parties Sizzle or Fizzle August 04, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Across the globe, new political parties, from green parties to anti-immigration parties, are constantly emerging in democratic countries. But while some of these nascent single-issue groups fade away, others, ... | |
Gasoline stations set prices to match a small number of other stations July 31, 2008 | User rating: 2.9 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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For many years, there have been competition concerns regarding how retail gasoline prices are set in the U.S. and Canada. Consumers have complained about the perceived uniformity of retail gas prices and the perception that ... | |
Free articles get read but don't generate more citations July 31, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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When academic articles are "open access" or free online, they get read more often, but they don't -- going against conventional wisdom -- get cited more often in academic literature, finds a new Cornell study. | |
Subprime lending not main trigger of real estate bubble July 30, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Critics often point to subprime mortgage lending – the funding of home loans to borrowers with less-than-perfect credit – as the culprit in the unsustainable boom in U.S. home prices that eventually derailed ... | |
Family type has less-than-expected impact on parental involvement August 03, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Children in step-families and in other non-traditional families get just as much quality time with their parents as those in traditional families, with only a few exceptions, according to research to be presented at the annual ... | |
No longer splitting hairs over splitting atoms? July 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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As public opinion shifts and many more governments around the world consider nuclear energy as a solution to climate concerns and energy security, it is time to ask why it has become a more attractive option. The Institute ... | |
UM researchers map out America's deadliest roads July 28, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Would you be surprised to learn that nine people died last year on the highway you take to work everyday? Or would you be shocked to see that six teenagers died within five miles of your home in fatal car accidents? With ... | |
Electronic Research Publications: Too Much of A Good Thing? July 28, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research at the University of Chicago shows that as more scholarly and research journals are available online, researchers cite fewer, newer papers. | |
Major drop in traffic deaths: It's more than high gas prices July 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Rising fuel prices, resulting in less driving, may very well be a reason for the decline in traffic deaths, as recent reports have suggested. But a ... | |
Long work hours widen the gender gap August 01, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Working overtime has a disproportionate impact on women in dual-earner households, exacerbating gender inequality and supporting the "separate sphere" phenomenon in which men are the breadwinners while women tend to the home, ... | |
Historian predicts the end of 'science superpowers' July 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 47 vote(s)
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Is the sun beginning to set on America's scientific dominance? Much like the scientific superpowers of France, Germany and Britain in centuries' past, the United States has a diminishing lead over other nations in financial ... | |
Biological fathers not necessarily the best, social dads parent well too July 31, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A large number of U.S. children live or will live with a "social father," a man who is married to or cohabiting with the child's mother, but is not the biological father. A new study in the Journal of Marriage and Family ... | |
Male college students more likely than less-educated peers to commit property crimes August 03, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Men who attend college are more likely to commit property crimes during their college years than their non-college-attending peers, according to research to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological ... | |
Why play a losing game? Study uncovers why low-income people buy lottery tickets July 24, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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Although state lotteries, on average, return just 53 cents for every dollar spent on a ticket, people continue to pour money into them — especially low-income people, who spend a larger percentage of their incomes on lottery ... | |
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