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  • Study: Smart People are Happier with Fewer Friends

    Study: Smart People are Happier with Fewer Friends0

    If too much socialization wears you out, it might be because you’re smart. That’s the interesting revelation uncovered in new research by evolutionary psychologists Satoshi Kanazawa and Norman Li, as reported in the Washington Post. Unsurprisingly, Kanazawa and Li found the following correlations in a national survey of 15,000 people they conducted: The higher the

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  • Study: Smart Kids Are Being Held Back

    Study: Smart Kids Are Being Held Back0

    The last several years have seen a number of parents reporting that their child is not being challenged by the local public school. Naturally, some may want to take these reports with a grain of salt, knowing that parents can easily overestimate the abilities of little Jimmy. But a new study out of Johns Hopkins

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  • Study: Schools with Bullying Prevention Programs Have More Bullying

    Study: Schools with Bullying Prevention Programs Have More Bullying0

    • November 1, 2017

    In the last few years, it seems like one issue has been ushered to the forefront of education more than others: bullying. It’s easy to see why this has happened, for while bullying is something that no one likes to be on the receiving end of, many have experienced it at one time or another,

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  • Study: School Might Be Harming Teens’ Health

    Study: School Might Be Harming Teens’ Health0

    • December 14, 2015

    Experts almost universally agree that exercise in an essential component of a healthy lifestyle. But what if the educational system is set up in a way that deters students from being active and, in turn, being healthier? Last week, the New York Times reported on a new study that shows that while teenagers spend about

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  • Study: Political Bias is Bipartisan

    Study: Political Bias is Bipartisan0

    In recent months, the phrase, “You’re biased,” seems to have become one of the most common epithets tossed between the media, Donald Trump, and yes, even the American public at large. The question is, who’s right? Is it possible that a certain political leaning tends to be more biased than another? Researchers from the University

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  • Study: People Who Curse Have Better Vocabularies

    Study: People Who Curse Have Better Vocabularies0

    Okay, finally we have good evidence that cursing isn’t some classless, primitive behavior that most think is indicative of barbarism and heathenism. Alright, maybe it’s not that extreme, but there are people out there who think that cursing is unattractive and unnecessary. If you’ve ever been accused of sounding less intelligent because you swear too

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