The portrayal of disabilities in children's picture books awarded the celebrated Caldecott Medal is largely inaccurate. New research shows that characters with disabilities in the oft-read books can give children an inaccurate view of what it's like to have a disability, reinforce negative stereotypes and underrepresent more prevalent disabilities.
Greg Snyder, associate professor of religion at Davidson College, explains that the Biblical reference to "666" is a numeric code for a feared Roman Emperor, and not an indication of apocalypse.
Members of groups that comprise the "religious right" exhibit negative attitudes toward other religious groups on the right, making the building of political coalitions more difficult. In contrast, according to the first national survey of "sectarianism" among various religious traditions, "liberal" religious group members are more inclined to build cooperative political partnerships with those of similar ideological views.
Fears of 666, long believed to be the dreaded mark of Satan, are based on a "widespread misinterpretation" of the chapter in Revelation -- appropriately, chapter 13 -- in which the number is discussed, according to a University at Buffalo expert on the origins, nature and meaning of cults, superstitions and cultural identities.
When cigarette prices drop, young people are more likely to pick up the smoking habit, according to a Canadian study of adults age 20 to 24.
Most people would support a state law that makes it illegal to use a cell phone while driving, a new University of Michigan study indicates.
Sex and Love Actually: New approach to sexual health helps individuals integrate sex and love in intimate relationships by addressing the core factors that inhibit sexuality and intimacy.
A 32-nation study of violence against dating partners by university partners found that about a third had been violent, and most incidents of partner violence involve violence by both the man and woman. The second largest category was couples where the female partner was the only one to carry about physical attacks, not the male partner.
The University of Chicago's Yerkes Observatory will present a seminar on its Space Exploration Experience (SEE) Project for the Blind and Visually Impaired at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 20, at the Wisconsin Lions Club State Convention, which will meet in Middleton.
Despite the view that Zionists dominate U.S. policy toward Israel, American Jews vary markedly in their support for the Middle Eastern nation depending on age, religious practices and ethnic pride, a new University of Florida study finds.
A national survey conducted by a Western Carolina University think tank reveals doubts about federal security and preparedness in several critical areas in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks and the response to Hurricane Katrina.
According to a study released by U-M Health System researchers, one way to help curb risky teenage behavior like drunk driving is to do substance abuse screening for all hospitalized patients ages 14-17, and offer brief alcohol and substance abuse intervention programs to those who test positive.
Low-income, immigrant, primary-care patients in New York City continued to suffer the psychiatric effects of 9/11 long after the original terrorist attack, says a new study.
Researchers from Florida Atlantic University and the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire have been conducting a study on cyberbullying, which they define as willful and repeated harm inflicted through the medium of electronic text including websites, cell phone text messaging and e-mails. Results of their findings are reported in the latest issue of Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice.
The TV drama "The West Wing," which concludes its seven-year run this Sunday, has helped reshape the cultural understanding of the presidency, according to Trevor and Shawn Parry-Giles, University of Maryland political communication experts who have closely studied and published a book analyzing the series' content, "The Prime Time Presidency: The West Wing and U.S. Nationalism."
Buffalo Bill did more than entertain with his Wild West shows. A Montana State University historian said the shows were a major transmitter of American culture in the late 1800s.
Teenage boys have feelings, too, and when it comes to matters of the heart, they may not be so fleeting after all. Not far beneath the bravado often on display is an unsure adolescent who finds it hard to express emotions that, while new, are nonetheless often sincerely felt.
Research being conducted by UMaine researcher Peter Jumars of the Darling Marine Center and UMaine School of Marine Sciences has created an unlikely pairing between the U.S. Department of Defense and a tiny ocean-going creature known as the opossum shrimp.
The new edition of the popular textbook, The Geopolitics Reader, provides a collection of original readings on the history of geopolitics and its contemporary debates, including excerpts from famous and infamous texts, to encourage readers to think critically about geopolitics.
University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering found that chatroom participants with female usernames received 25 times more threatening and/or sexually explicit private messages than those with male or ambiguous usernames.
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