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Game on? Video-game ownership may interfere with young boys' academic functioning
23:43 10-03-2010; source: www.sciencedaily.com
According to new findings, owning a video-game system may hamper academic development in some children. Boys who received a video-game system immediately had significantly lower reading and writing scores after four months than boys receiving a video-game system at the end of the experiment. Further analysis revealed that the time spent playing video games may link the relationship between owning a video-game system and reading and writing scores.
Students' perceptions of Earth's age influence acceptance of human evolution
23:31 10-03-2010; source: www.sciencedaily.com
High school and college students who understand the geological age of the Earth (4.5 billion years) are much more likely to understand and accept human evolution, according to a new study. A 2009 Gallup poll reported that 16 percent of biology teachers believe God created humans in their present form at some time during the last 10,000 years.
Years of smoking associated with lower Parkinson's risk, not number of cigarettes per day
23:07 10-03-2010; source: www.sciencedaily.com
Researchers have new insight into the relationship between Parkinson's disease and smoking. Several studies have shown that smokers have a lower risk of developing Parkinson's disease. A new study shows that smoking for a greater number of years may reduce the risk of the disease, but smoking a larger number of cigarettes per day may not reduce the risk.
Students' perceptions of Earth's age influence acceptance of human evolution
23:07 10-03-2010; source: www.sciencedaily.com
High school and college students who understand the geological age of the Earth (4.5 billion years) are much more likely to understand and accept human evolution, according to a new study. A 2009 Gallup poll reported that 16 percent of biology teachers believe God created humans in their present form at some time during the last 10,000 years.
Game on? Video-game ownership may interfere with young boys' academic functioning
23:07 10-03-2010; source: www.sciencedaily.com
According to new findings, owning a video-game system may hamper academic development in some children. Boys who received a video-game system immediately had significantly lower reading and writing scores after four months than boys receiving a video-game system at the end of the experiment. Further analysis revealed that the time spent playing video games may link the relationship between owning a video-game system and reading and writing scores.
Discovery of 'fat' taste could hold the key to reducing obesity
23:07 10-03-2010; source: www.sciencedaily.com
A newly discovered ability for people to taste fat could hold the key to reducing obesity, researchers believe. They also found that people with a high sensitivity to the taste of fat tended to eat less fatty foods and were less likely to be overweight
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