January 17, 2012, 12:05 AM
Before she died last month at age 70, the respected Pomo basket weaver and activist Luwana Quitiquit was asked by a researcher for her personal definition of wellness. “Storytelling is wellness,” she said. “And the reason it is wellness for my family is because it puts...
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September 26, 2011, 12:05 AM
For years, the conventional wisdom has been that everyone has a different dominant way of learning. Some are visual learners who prefer studying pictures or graphics. Some say they are auditory learners, absorbing information best through lectures and conversation. Others consider themselves...
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August 26, 2011, 12:05 AM
Can spending time on sites like Facebook actually help kids in school? That’s what new research from the University of Maryland suggests. Professor Christine Greenhow has found that students build important bonds when they connect with school friends on social networking sites. ...
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August 9, 2011, 12:05 AM
Teachers who once shunned the idea of students citing Wikipedia on class assignments now are embracing the website as a teaching tool. Dozens of teachers at high schools and universities – including several in California – are assigning their students to write and edit entries for...
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September 7, 2010, 12:05 AM
A UCLA environmental health sciences researcher whose appointment was not renewed this year has filed a whistle-blower retaliation complaint against the university, saying he's being punished for publishing politically incorrect research findings and for previous whistle-blowing against...
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August 9, 2010, 12:05 AM
Two Republican senators have lambasted a half-million-dollar grant to San Diego State University researchers who are studying whether placing certain health messages on menus might persuade drinkers to imbibe less. U.S. Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Tom Coburn, R-Okla., last week put out...
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January 20, 2010, 12:03 AM
A UC Santa Barbara professor made a small but significant finding in the field of evolutionary psychology a few months ago that escalated into an international sensation over the weekend. It's a story that could have ended with an angry mob of blond women chasing him with pitchforks. “I...
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