How do political experts react when their predictions -- about election results or the fate of countries or other important issues -- turn out to be completely wrong? A new study at Ohio State found that most experts shrug off their errors, claiming that they were "almost" right and that their understanding of the situation was basically sound.
Federal welfare reform may end up burdening the country's already-stressed juvenile justice system, according to an expert at Ohio State University.
When it comes to planning the summer vacation, how you plan says as much about you as where you go. "Risk takers often get burned when it comes to vacations," says an assistant professor of restaurant, hotel, institutional and tourism management at Purdue University.
With the 103rd Boston Marathon right around the corner, faculty members at Boston University can comment as writers prepare their race-day stories on a variety of related topics having to do with exercise, training and nutrition.
Expanding federal hate crime laws to include offenses based on sexual orientation is long overdue, says a Ball State University hate crimes expert.
Alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems were significantly slashed among a group of high-risk college-age drinkers using a brief, non-confrontational intervention treatment developed by University of Washington researchers.
Issues of ethnic violence have riveted America's attention on Kosovo, but a far more gruesome conflict is playing out in Borneo, including widespread incidents of headhunting and cannibalism. A University of Arkansas anthropologist who lived among these ethnic tribes offers his expertise.
Ticks are hardly the topic of conversation at dinner parties. Rarely are such insects the main plot in an Academy Award winning movie. None have been given a major award from a nation's president.
Most drivers who engage in "road rage"--from tailgating and honking to sideswiping and drawing weapons--believe their aggressive behavior is inherited from a parent and their victims deserve what they get, according to a Central Michigan University study.
Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze will deliver an address, "Georgia, the Caucasus and Beyond," and join former U.S. Secretary of State James A. Baker, III, in a "town hall" meeting April 22 to reflect on historic events that brought about a peaceful end to the Cold War nearly 10 years ago.
Boston University Professor William Anthony, author of the book The Art of Napping, says that the first Sunday of daylight savings time, should be celebrated as "National Nap Day."
Women who cook, eat and chat together improve their diets together in a unique Cornell Cooperative Extension program called Sisters in Health.
Urban residents who move from a central city to the suburbs are different in several noticeable ways from those who choose to move within the city limits, a new Ohio State study shows.
A new study by Ohio State researchers suggests it may be difficult to teach teenagers in post-communist societies to develop strong support for democratic and free market principles.
If you don't want to be scammed when planning your wedding, you must shelve your rose-colored wedding fantasy glasses and take in a dose of wedding planning reality. So says Dr. Angela L. Thompson of TCU. She studies the wedding industry.
With the imminent creation of the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority (GRTA), Georgia will be taking a bold leadership role in addressing one of the nation's most pressing problems -- suburban sprawl. An expert at Atlanta's Agnes Scott College believes that the solution to suburban sprawl lies in long-range planning and community involvement.
It happens every spring. Tens of millions of American children turn out for organized youth sports. Tagging along behind them are their parents, many of whom don't understand their roles and responsibilities according to a pair of sports psychologists who have written a new book to guide parents through the mindfield that sports can be.
Public anxiety is a universal worry, topping the list on national surveys of individual fears. Imagining your audience in their underwear might not help because research shows that some people are born with stage fright, says Ralph Behnke of TCU.
By studying the playing habits of young lab rats, a researcher at Gettysburg College is hoping to understand our own playing habits, as well as shed some light on autism.
Bounty hunters, sometimes depicted as reckless criminals themselves, provide an essential public service and ought not to be outlawed, a scholar argues in the current issue of the University of Illinois Law Review.
Yoga and meditation techniques could be valuable tools in helping teenage sex offenders reduce or control their deviant impulses, according to new research at the University of Utah.
Good insect moms ferociously protect their young by fanning their wings and charging predators--but only when they must pin all their hopes on a single batch of eggs, a University of Delaware scientist reports in the new issue of the journal, Animal Behaviour. Bug moms who lay multiple batches are far more likely to "turn tail and run" from egg-munching predators, says Douglas W. Tallamy.
Marriages of older women who have their own pensions are more than twice as likely to end as the marriages of older women without pensions, according to researchers at the University of Michigan.
Adult day care centers that treat clients like children -- and provide little autonomy or privacy -- are more likely to have clients who are withdrawn from their peers than those centers that have a more age-appropriate setting and activities, according to researchers at the University of Utah.
Friendship with your spouse is the foundation of a happy marriage says a University of Washington psychologist after nearly 25 years of studying what makes marriages blossom or shrivel. "Men aren't from Mars, nor women from Venus," but really want the same thing from a relationships, he says.
Parents who want to send their sons or daughters to a university can give their children, years ahead of time, a gift that's likely to help them succeed, says Rick Snyder, director of the University of Kansas clinical psychology program. Parents can give their children "hope."
When it comes to earning patents, United States inventors are among the world's most active and successful - both in the U.S. and abroad.
A package of interventions targeted at teachers, parents and children throughout the elementary school years had long-lasting effects in reducing levels of violent behavior, drinking and sexual intercourse and in improving school performance at age 18 among urban children, according to a study by University of Washington
The current decline in welfare caseloads has been very rapid, especially since the 1996 welfare reform act, yet other problems such as continued poverty and economic insecurity are still common among former welfare recipients and are likely to increase, according to experts associated with the Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research.
The University of Kansas will sponsor a conference Sept. 9, 10 and 11 titled "NATO: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow," to examine the role of the alliance during the Cold War, its adaptation to the present and its future role.
Don't schedule too many activities for your children. Although your intentions might be to provide your children with a wonderful childhood, you may be harming them in the process. So says a professor at Wartburg College in Waverly, IA.
In a study of in-home day care settings, Purdue University researchers measured the level of attachment security between caregivers and very young children. Several factors, including the age at which a child entered day care and the quality of the day care setting, predicted how well the caregivers and children would bond.
The plains Indians fought army outposts and infectious disease. But it was mis-use of the land that finally pulled in the reins on the Great Plains horse culture, asserts a University of Arkansas historian in his award-winning new book.
The time is ripe to amend the New Deal law that prohibits farm workers from bargaining collectively with their employers, two University of Illinois experts write in the coming issue of the Emory Law Journal.
In a pleasant, bright conference room on the University of Illinois campus, four professors and 13 students come together once a week to participate in a new interdisciplinary graduate seminar on terrorism.
Making friends is a natural thing for many kids. For others, it's not. And for a small but significant minority, the way they handle even minor conflicts within a friendship is a strong predictor that their friendships will be few, say two University of Illinois researchers.
The district attorney in Philadelphia, Mississippi is trying to reopen the Ku Klux Klan killings of the three civil rights workers that took place nearly 35 years ago. Charles Sallis of Millsaps College is an expert on this topic and the attempts to reopen the case.
Of the 3,000 student athletes who have attended Dr. Tom Jackson's violence prevention workshops, not one has since been charged with assault. The key to preventing violence among athletes is to distinguish between appropriate on-field and off-field behaviors.
The Monadnock Institute at Franklin Pierce College surveyed New Hampshire residents and among the survey's findings from 243 respondents: women reported a much higher level of attachment to (and satisfaction with) their place compared to men; income levels and home ownership seem to be strong predictors of place connection; and respondents who acknowledge watching four or more hours of TV per day expressed a significant disconnection from their place/community.
Gender is clearly no longer a liability for women considering a run for Congress, according to a Vanderbilt doctoral student who is researching the competitiveness of women candidates in the House of Representatives.
The 8th Annual Wheaton Theology Conference at Wheaton College (IL) looks at why religion makes good health sense. "Healing, Health and Spirituality: Evangelical Theology Engages Scientific Research" will bring international scholars to the campus April 8-10.
A United Nations statute to establish the first permanent International Criminal Court received overwhelmingly enthusiastic support from U.N. diplomats. A symposium examining how the new court will work will be held at the Cornell Law School Friday and Saturday, March 5 and 6.
Former President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter have been chosen as the recipients of the inaugural Delta Prize for Global Understanding. The Delta Prize was created to recognize groups or individuals for "globally significant efforts that provide opportunities for greater understanding among nations and cultures."
A mother's employment outside of the home has no significant negative effect on her children, according to new research reported in the March issue of Developmental Psychology.
Economic clout in the hands of a powerful few, technology advances, and concern over America's role in a changing world order was the zeitgeist as Americans faced the new century 100 years ago, says a Swarthmore College historian.
Adolescent girls are more helpful and affectionate toward their parents than adolescent boys, new research at Ohio State suggests. In addition, mothers receive more help and affection from their children than do fathers.
"Spirituality, Healing, and Health: A Transformative Vision" is an international conference April 11-13 at the Holiday Inn City Center in downtown Tucson sponsored by The University of Arizona that will focus on healing as a transformative experience of one's interior life that leads to a state of spiritual well being and health.
The obvious decline of the traditional family, a trend marked by increasing rates of divorce and cohabitation, illustrates the paradoxical nature of Americans' hot and cold attitude toward marriage and family, says a University at Buffalo sociologist.
The Y2K issue and heart defibrillators on airplanes will be some of the topics discussed at this year's annual SMU Air Law Symposium sponsored by the Journal of Air Law and Commerce at Southern Methodist University.
At a national conference on March 10-13, 1999, in Baltimore, Maryland, presenters will review the latest scientific findings and assess ongoing research needs on worker stress associated with dramatic changes in the nature and organization of work
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