Despite a shared Latino heritage, there are significant differences in the overall health and the use of health-care services among Cuban-Americans, Mexican-Americans and Puerto Rican-Americans — even between men and women in the same subgroup — according to two recently published studies by Florida State University researchers.
Transportation practices tend to be more environmentally friendly in wealthier metropolitan areas located within states that mandate comprehensive planning, new research suggests.
The NHTSA says about 1 million deer-car accidents occur on each year, killing 200 people and causing about $1 billion in vehicle damage. Cornell experts in both animal-human interactions and highway safety are available to discuss this dangerous annual peak, and how drivers can increase their odds of arriving safe and sound this fall.
A new Family Profile from the National Center for Family and Marriage Research (NCFMR) at Bowling Green State University takes a closer look at same-sex couple households, and finds those households often include children. Sociology graduate student Sarah Burgoyne compiled the data.
Parents typically are the biggest headaches for coaches in youth sports. In two new books, University of Washington psychology professors share strategies to help parents and coaches work together to help kids get more out of sports.
Nearly 60 percent of women in Alaska have experienced intimate partner violence, sexual violence or both over the course of their lifetime, according to the Alaska Victimization Survey, an ongoing assessment of violence against women in the state.
An online study of eligible voters around the country revealed that the preference for whites over blacks is the strongest in the least politically-partisan voters. Among these voters, race biases against Barack Obama could produce as much as a 20 percent gap in the popular vote in a contest that would otherwise be equal.
Brian Wansink, co-director of the Cornell University Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition and professor of marketing, discusses his new research paper focusing on the link between obesity and food marketing.
The most detailed brain meapping study to date has found that the area of the brain that recognizes faces is also used to identify objects of expertise.
It is widely believed that adolescents engage in risky behaviors because of an innate tolerance for risks, but a study by researchers at New York University, Yale’s School of Medicine, and Fordham University has found this is not the case.
A risk communication study focuses on perceptions, information seeking and intent in coming to grips with a 13 percent flu vaccination rate among students sampled despite a strong CDC health outreach campaign.
Carl Klarner, associate professor of political science, made his forecast on July 15 that Obama would receive 51.3 percent of the popular vote and have a 57 percent chance of winning the Electoral College against his opponent Mitt Romney.
Republican strength in Congress increases the share of income held by the top 1 percent, but the president’s political affiliation has no effect, suggests a new study in the October issue of the American Sociological Review that looks at the rise of the super-rich in the United States.
Virginia Tech human development research studies how incarcedation affects the inmate's family.
As the U.S. presidential election approaches, many voters become voracious consumers of online political news. A new tool tracks whether all those articles really provide a balanced view of the debate – and, if not, suggests some sites that offer opinions from the other side of the political spectrum.
Papua New Guinea’s Enga tribes fought with bows and arrows until 1990, when their young people and mercenary “Rambos” began using shotguns and semiautomatics, igniting 20 years of warfare that killed 4,816 people. A new study shows how traditional tribal courts restored peace.
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