LGBQ adolescents at much greater risk of suicide than heterosexual counterparts
Specifically, 40 percent of sexual-minority adolescents seriously considered suicide compared to 15 percent of their heterosexual counterparts, and nearly a quarter attempted suicide compared to approximately 6 percent of those in the sexual majority.
Boys in all-boys’ schools do better on the general math test than boys in co-ed schools. They’re also more likely to take the science-focused math test. But test scores for girls do not improve in all-girls’ schools.
Penn Study: To Drop CO2 Emissions, Look to Local Transportation and Housing
They could make up the shortfall if efforts begun by the Obama Administration — increasing vehicle fuel economy standards and proposing the Clean Power Plan — are not carried out as planned.
Reversing the negative psychological effects of prison through mindfulness
Some combination of cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness training can reverse the toll prison can take on a person’s cognitive abilities and impulse control in just four months.
Neuroscientists construct first whole-brain map of electrical connections key to forming memories
Low-frequency rhythms of brain activity, when brain waves move up and down slowly, primarily drive communication between the frontal, temporal and medial temporal lobes.
Binge eating major roadblock for obese individuals with diabetes trying to lose weight
Those who continue to binge eat while trying to lose weight drop about half as much weight as those who don’t binge eat, or those who do and then subsequently stop.