Blogs Posts on "Studies"

Would It Help If My Wife Were, Like, Also Into Chicks? by Inside Voice on Nov 16, 2009"Well, I'm sorry I'm not a lesbian!" That will be my reply to my kids when they complain, as teenagers or whenever, that I wasn't the best parent in the world. And that's because some British dude claims that "his research shows children from lesbian...

Time to Polish My Whip by Inside Voice on Nov 9, 2009A report by the British think-tank Demos making the news says that the best kind of parenting is good ol' tough love.Of course, "tough love" can be defined rather broadly. Both Homer Simpson and Ned Flanders would likely say each practices tough love...

John Mayer’s “Battle Studies” has leaked! by Loft 965 on Nov 9, 2009John Mayer’s muchly-awaited new album has been leaked. Yes, the entire Battle Studies album. It’s his fourth album and it was supposed to be out on November 17th. He said about it: “The album is called Battle Studies and that’...

"Happy" Is Also a the name of a Character in Death of a Salesman by Inside Voice on Nov 4, 2009NurtureShock co-author and Newsweek columnist and Richard Gere lookalike Po Bronson (left) blogged about a UK study published in the Journal of Happiness Studies (how can I subscribe?), which noted (surprise!) that "life satisfaction and happiness do...

Hell begins… by The Traveling Scholar on Nov 2, 2009Hi, my name is Shannon and I have no life starting.... NOW.

Power Cuts and Deadlines by MandM on Oct 29, 2009At 12pm today I handed my supervised research project “Religious Restraint and Public Policy” across the counter at the University of Auckland Law School. It felt like quite a moment and it had been quite a morning. Last night I was feeli...

Busy, Busy, Bee! by MeCassieMarie on Oct 28, 2009Looking back, I realize it's a good thing I still don't have a job. Yeah, that sounds awful and yes I still want one. This week--which WOULD have been the week of my orientation/training if I were hired at Fazoli's-- has been pretty hectic so far o...

DeepDyve Launches iTunes Store-like Service for Science Papers by Technology Review on Oct 27, 2009Today, a company called DeepDyve launched the largest online rental service for scientific papers, which allows users to rent any article for just 99 cents. Journal articles currently trend toward the obscene ($30 or more), unless you're the lucky du...

Virtual Conference Report: Day Four (22 Oct, 2009) by Religion Compass Exchanges on Oct 23, 2009by paulabowles The conference today has taken on a distinctly environmental feel. First up was Mark Macklin’s (University of Wales, Aberystwyth) keynote address entitled ‘Floodplain Catastrophes and Climate Change: Lessons from the Rise and Fall...

Virtual Conference Report: Day Four (22 Oct, 2009) by Sociology Eye on Oct 23, 2009by paulabowles The conference today has taken on a distinctly environmental feel. First up was Mark Macklin’s (University of Wales, Aberystwyth) keynote address entitled ‘Floodplain Catastrophes and Climate Change: Lessons from the Rise...