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  • Study: Having Kids Helps You Live Longer

    Study: Having Kids Helps You Live Longer0

    • January 13, 2016

    ”You kids are killing me!” Many moms have been known to occasionally utter this line in frustration. But according to a new study conducted by two British Columbia universities, the opposite might be true—having children could extend a mother’s life. Conducted over 13 years, the study examined DNA samples of Guatemalan tribal women, tracking the

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  • Study: Half of Your ‘Friends’ are not Your Friends

    Study: Half of Your ‘Friends’ are not Your Friends0

    Friends are important. The people we choose to let into our circle often shape our ideas and character. In a well-known passage from the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle outlined the three primary types of friendships humans often make. Most would agree that Aristotle’s categories of friendship are not equal; some clearly are deeper than others. If

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  • Study: Grammar Nazis are Jerks

    Study: Grammar Nazis are Jerks0

    We’ve all been in one of those Facebook conversations battles that involves words flying off our fingers almost as fast as the brain can process them. When the battle turns nasty, we’ve likely been tempted, at one time or another, to demonstrate our intellectual superiority by mocking our counterpart’s poor grammar. (“Ha, you jackass! You

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  • Study: Girls Show Achievement Gains In Single-Sex Schools

    Study: Girls Show Achievement Gains In Single-Sex Schools0

    These days, it’s rare to see a single-sex school in the United States. Sure, there might be an elite, private girls or boys-only school here or there, but many have fallen out of favor as concern over gender equality has increased. But as a new study shows, shying away from single-sex education may actually be

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  • Study: Free Pre-K Doesn’t Give Education Benefits

    Study: Free Pre-K Doesn’t Give Education Benefits0

    The U.S. has been toying with the idea of universal pre-K for a number of years, believing that such a policy will close learning gaps and boost educational achievement. By contrast, the U.K. has plowed ahead with the idea, implementing what is known as the National Childcare Strategy. But a new study suggests that Britain’s

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  • Study: Free College is Bad for Students

    Study: Free College is Bad for Students0

    One of the anomalies of the 2016 presidential election was the fact that an old white guy from Vermont was able to captivate a diverse audience of young millennials. The most obvious reason for Bernie Sanders’s popularity was his advocacy for free, government-funded college. With higher education costs multiplying at a rapid rate and college

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