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09-22-2023
Fathers give children an educational advantage by simply playing with them
Children's success at primary school can be greatly influenced by their fathers, according to a new study by the University of Leeds.  The research shows that a child's academic performance is enhanced when their fathers engage in activities such as reading, playing, storytelling, drawing, and singing. Focus of the study The researchers analyzed test scores of five and seven-year-olds using data from the Millenium Cohort Study, which tracked children born between 2000-02 as they grew up.  The data was gathered from almost 5,000 households in England with...
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06-01-2017
How delaying meals can help reset your body clock
Delaying meals can reset your body clock and affect your...
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06-01-2017
For students, high achievement may mean high risk for addiction
For decades, developmental researchers have thought that children growing up...
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05-31-2017
Renewing the ocean could help end poverty and world hunger
In 2015, the UN General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda...
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05-31-2017
How eating fish can help prevent Alzheimer's
Eating plenty of salmon, mackerel, and sardines prevents Alzheimer's disease...
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05-31-2017
Conserving biodiversity could save us from mass extinction
As humans continue to reshape the planet to our advantage,...
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05-31-2017
Humans and chimpanzees exhibit similar signs of empathy
Humans, like chimpanzees, console their threatened peers out of empathy,...
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05-31-2017
New study unravels how the brain processes love
As every human (and animal) knows, love can be a...
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05-31-2017
Study: Voluntary sharing makes young children happy
If you’ve been alive for even a few years you’ve...
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05-30-2017
Cities can fight global warming with reflective roofs, pavement
Overheated cities can fight the “urban heat island" effect by...
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05-30-2017
Why a blast of cold water has health benefits
Scientists are finding increasing health benefits from having a quick...
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05-30-2017
Groundwater springs allowed early humans to migrate out of Africa
Hundreds of springs, that lingered despite long dry spells, allowed...
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05-29-2017
How lack of sleep can actually eat at your brain
Brain cells that destroy and digest worn-out cells and debris...
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