We've ranked the top psychology schools in the country for students preparing for careers that require a psychology degree. We've rated the best schools according to their overall academic programs and since most psychology undergraduates go to grad school, we've also placed an emphasis on schools...
Linguistics is a social science which endeavors to find the commonality of languages. The study of linguistics doesn’t focus on the specifics of a language; the rules regarding proper usage such as grammar. Instead, linguistics is a cognitive science similar to psychology and philosophy. Each...
The author of the famous “Harry Potter” books is giving $15.4 million (£10 million) to set up a center to research multiple sclerosis...
Marriage in the United States is fast becoming obsolete per results from a TIME magazine and Pew Research Center survey. Researchers conducted a nationwide poll on the issue of matrimony requiring respondents to identify their expectations regarding marriage, state why they enter committed...
Every cell in the human body contains the all the genetic material necessary to grow, from conception to death. Newly created cells, which have not yet developed enough to specialize, are called stem cells. Stem cells are cells that may still develop into any kind of body cell. There is great...
When you run experiments, there's inherently an element of the unknown. After all, we're trying to figure out things we don't know. And sometimes, things go wrong. FATALLY WRONG! Here are some of the most interesting, most intriguing, and sometimes most horrific, experimental deaths we've ever...
The stem cell debate centers around religious, political, scientific and ethical controversial opinions and research. The research and extraction of stem cells is controversial despite the obvious end benefits. Scientific research has shown that stem cells can repair damaged human body parts and...
Psychology is the study of the human mind and mental processes in relation to human behaviors - human nature. Due to its subject matter, psychology is not considered a 'hard' science, even though psychologists...
Those who are inspired by a model other than Nature, a mistress above all masters, are laboring in vain. - Leonardo Da Vinci Biomimicry - The practice of developing sustainable human technologies inspired by nature. Sometimes called Biomimetics or Bionics, it's basically biologically inspired...
The Journal of American Medical Association just published a study of possible causes of autism completed by researchers from the University of California at Davis. The team found that a biological "mitochondrial dysfunction" may be the cause of the baffling developmental condition. Researchers...
