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Everything You Thought You Knew About Learning Is Wrong
Seeded on Sun Jan 29, 2012 8:56 PM EST (Wired News)
Taking notes during class? Topic-focused study? A consistent learning environment? All are exactly opposite the best strategies for learning.
Why screaming babies are so hard to ignore
Seeded on Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:43 AM EST (Telegraph)
Few situations are more infuriating than taking your seat on an aeroplane or train, closing your eyes, and hearing a baby at the other end of the cabin open its lungs with the gusto of an Italian tenor. But the fact that we find a screaming baby almost impossible to ignore cou …
How can family sysadmins make a safe internet playground for kids?
Seeded on Sun Jan 22, 2012 9:42 PM EST (The Register (UK))
There's an argument which says children should be given some freedom to explore on their own, virtually as well as physically. The giggles on hearing kids discover lolcats for the very first time are as precious as any parental memory.
Now We Are Six - The Hormone Surge of Middle Childhood
Seeded on Mon Dec 26, 2011 1:50 PM EST (The New York Times)
New findings from neuroscience, evolutionary biology, paleontology and anthropology make clear that middle childhood is a time of great cognitive creativity and ambition, when the brain has pretty much reached its adult size and can focus on threading together its private intr …
Celebrities, and the human impulse to worship
Seeded on Sat Dec 17, 2011 3:37 PM EST (TheDailyReporter.com)
Is religious belief and devotion a product of our species' evolutionary history? This is not a question about whether or not God exists, but rather are we predisposed to behave in ways that appear to be worship of people or concepts? This article is written by a pastor who make …
The evolutionary origins of bullying
Seeded on Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:50 AM EST (Science News, Articles and Information | Scientific American)
While it is clear that bullying has become a critical issue both within US schools and the social systems navigated by America’s youth, what is less clear is where its origins lie.
The evolutionary origin of the human family
Seeded on Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:23 AM EST (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)
New research into primate societies is helping to answer the question of where the human family came from; shedding light on its origins.
Christmas On The Brain | An Evolutionary Perspective on Holiday Traditions
Seeded on Tue Dec 13, 2011 9:07 AM EST (Science 2.0)
No matter how meaningless the stockings, songs, and symbols might seem at first glance, all the strange customs of the holidays spring from some deep and ancient place within us.
Gay gene, deconstructed | How do genes associated with homosexuality avoid being weeded out by Darwinian evolution?
Seeded on Mon Dec 12, 2011 4:54 PM EST (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Most scientists who study human sexuality agree that gay people are born that way. But that consensus raises an evolutionary puzzle: How do genes associated with homosexuality avoid being weeded out by Darwinian evolution?
Testosterone takes a big dip in new dads
Seeded on Mon Sep 12, 2011 9:12 PM EDT (msnbc.com)
Northwestern University anthropologists speculate that a drop in the primary male sex hormone signals that fathers evolved to care for kids, not just to hunt for game and drop it in mom’s lap.
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