People confront prejudice only when they think others' personalities can change
Washington, July 29 ANI: People confront someone making a prejudiced remark only if they think that others' personalities can change, according to researchers at Stanford University. In one experiment,  read more

Posted by aniin on Thursday Jul 29
School withdraws free condoms to elementary school students offer
New York, July 1 ANI: The controversy over condoms being given to elementary school students has been put to rest, with the Cape Cod school district Superintendent saying they will not be distributed to 6-year-olds  read more

Posted by aniin on Sunday Jul 04
Ex Miss Bolivia becomes president's envoy in fiefdom's most hostile region
London, June 28 ANI: A former Miss Bolivia has now become a special envoy for Bolivian President Evo Morales. Jessica Anne Jordan Burton, 26, who takes her surname from her English father, was handpicked  read more

Posted by aniin on Wednesday Jun 30
Use of plagiarism detecting software on rise in schools
London, June 21ANI: The number of schools using plagiarism-detecting software to catch students cheating in their coursework has doubled in the last two years, pertaining to the increase in the number of incidents of plagiarism  read more

Posted by aniin on Tuesday Jun 22
China determined to produce Wimbledon champ
Beijing, June 21 ANI: China's elite sports schools appear determined to make the country a sporting superpower, and the current aim is to create a Wimbledon champion. Take for example, the Xiannongtan School in Beijing  read more

Posted by aniin on Tuesday Jun 22
Ahmedabad booksellers generate good business by renting out books
Ahmedabad, June 17 ANI: Booksellers in Ahmedabad have taken to book renting as a means of augmenting their income. Established booksellers are offering students the option of renting used books, rather than buying new ones  read more

Posted by aniin on Friday Jun 18
Viswanathan Anand unveils mobile science lab
New Delhi, June 15 ANI: World chess champion Viswanathan Anand unveiled a mobile science lab, portable learning solution, that integrates science in classrooms in New Delhi on Tuesday . The Mobile Science  read more

Posted by aniin on Wednesday Jun 16
Malaysian sex slave cabbie's 18-year-old girl accomplice nabbed
Kuala Lumpur, June 8 ANI: Police in Malaysia have arrested the accomplice of a rapist - an 18-year-old girl who is a secondary school student and helped the cabbie by video-taping some of the rapes. It is being said that she participated herself in some of them too  read more

Posted by aniin on Tuesday Jun 08
It hurts more when you're feeling blue
Washington, June 8 ANI: When depressed, pain hurts more. That's the conclusion of a new study. There are two competing schools of thought when we talk about pain: either it's "all in your head" or "all in your body"  read more

Posted by aniin on Tuesday Jun 08
For kids and adults 'being fair' could mean different things
Washington, May 30 ANI: Our perspective towards what is fair changes as we age, claims a new study. Young children like all things to be equal, but older adolescents are more likely to consider merit when it comes to dividing up wealth, said the researchers  read more

Posted by aniin on Saturday Jun 05
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