It's Good To Gossip - But Be Nice!

Gossiping has some positive benefits - at least for the person doing the gossiping. Gossipers feel more supported and positive gossip - praising somebody - may lead to a short-term boost in gossipers' self-esteem. These are the findings of research conducted by Dr. Jennifer Cole and Hannah Scrivener from Staffordshire University, who presented their preliminary findings on the 7th September 2010 ...

Animal edutainment

Hannah grabs the tennis ball out of the air, drops it on the floor, and nudges it toward the colorful plastic pins with her nose.

The Ego of Beer: Yeast and Water

Photo by Rob Shenk I'm sure most of you can recall taking a Psychology 101 class. If you went to a state school like me, you most likely remember it as 400 people crammed into a 350-person capacity lecture hall. All of us trying to not fall asleep, picking out key topics so you don't have to read the textbook and seeing if that cute girl in the front is sitting next to her friend...or her ...

McLean center gives coaching a fresh boost

In the several decades since professional coaches began hiring themselves out to clients eager to improve some sphere of their existence - work, health, life itself - there has been little research into their fledgling occupation.

Public option out, Democrats press on

Senate Democratic leaders abandoned the last vestige of a government health plan yesterday but pledged to move ahead on a sweeping health care overhaul, infuriating many liberals but pleasing President Obama, who said victory on his highest domestic priority was within sight.