Children who suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder are three times more likely than other children to be bullied, said University of Florida researchers.
With the inevitable success of the final "Harry Potter" film comes the inevitable uproar from religious conservatives, who have, since the book series' inception in 1997 (hard to believe!), found much to complain about.
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The state Assembly on Wednesday approved Seth's Law, an anti-bullying measure named for a gay Central Valley teenager who committed suicide last fall after years of harassment over his sexual orientation. The measure, which passed the lower house 44-17 and now heads to the Sen …
"I saw it splashed on reviews and all over Twitter by those who had enjoyed the film, or who were simply impartial to it. Your expectations are too high! Lower them, accept it for what it is, and you'll enjoy it. ...
As my tagline says, I am a huge fan of the TV shows "Buffy" and "Angel." I also enjoy Joss Whedon's other projects, including the aborted Fox series "Firefly" and its cult-hit movie "Serenity," and the Internet-driven "Dr.
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Dr. Nicholas Gotelli of UVM got a request from David Klinghoffer, a member of the Discovery Institute to be invited to an academic debate on the UVM campus, in light of UVM's recent dismissal of ID champion Ben Stein as commencement speaker.
A nice, in-depth interview with Viola Davis, who gives her views on being called Meryl Streep's scene-stealer in "Doubt," and how her character is important to the message of the Pulitzer-winning play-turned-Golden Globe-nominated movie.
An article covering Lewis' mythological syncretism in the Narnia books, the similar syncretism involved in Christmas, and what parts of Christmas' history may be false.
Body ownership - the sense that one's body belongs to one's self - is central to self-awareness, and yet is something that most of us take completely for granted.
Emissions of carbon dioxide are making seawater so acidic that reefs including the Great Barrier Reef off Australia could begin to break up within a few decades, research by the Carnegie Institution at Stanford University in California suggests. [snip] Oceanographers Long Cao …
Mammals like ourselves pass our genes 'vertically' from parent to child. But bacteria aren't quite so limited; they have mastered the art of gene-swapping and regularly transfer DNA 'horizontally' from one cell to another.
American coffee giant Starbucks became the target of conservationists today after an investigation by the U.K. newspaper The Sun estimated that the company wasted up to 6 million gallons of water every day, enough to quell the thirst of a small African nation.
Romantic love, sex, and sexual desire are so closely intertwined that it might seem almost impossible to disentangle them. But a team led by Gian Gonzaga believes it has done just that.
A fun list of tech-y words that are misleading or just too pretentious for their own good.
Trevor Potter, the general counsel for the McCain-Palin presidential campaign, sent a letter on Monday to Chad Hurley, the chief executive of YouTube, complaining that the video service, now owned by Google, had inappropriately removed McCain commercials from its site.
"Some Gatineau parents are outraged after they lost a fight to keep their children out of new mandatory religion and ethics classes.
A series of views on the topic. An old article, but the debate is ongoing.
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Holding the first hearing in 15 years on the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, lawmakers invited a quartet of veterans to testify on the subject and also extended an invitation to Donnelly, who has been working for years to protect our fighting forces from the malign influence of w …
New research suggests that people of African descent are much more likely to have a genetic trait that makes them more susceptible to infection with the HIV virus.
A family court judge in New Zealand has had enough with parents giving their children bizarre names here, and did something about it. Just ask Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii. He had her renamed.
The campaign against same-sex marriage in California was treading water until it got help from an unexpected corner: a Republican mayor choking up and announcing he would not betray his gay daughter.
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WHEN "THE Dark Knight" director Christopher Nolan and Oscar-winning costume designer Lindy Hemming considered how they would retool Christian Bale's Batman armor for the new movie, one question leaped to mind immediately: "Why, in 2008, would a superhero put on a rubber suit?" He …
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