According to a study published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, gamers who play violent games are more likely to see a spike in what scientists call "hostile expectations." What does that mean?...

A new study suggests that obese children are more susceptible to food-related advertising than their thinner peers. In the study, researchers exposed children to 120 corporate logos—60 of them related to ...

People can be cruel on the Internet, be it in social networks or chat rooms or anywhere else online, but parents and children are finding ways to navigate the digital world. According to a recent survey by the ...

In the wake of a horrific shooting in Newtown, Conn., that left 27 victims dead—20 of them children—stories of heroic teachers trying to defend their pupils have begun to be told. Principal Dawn Hoc...

We've all heard that texting while driving is dangerous, but many people—especially teens—do it anyway. Now a company is selling a device that'll forcibly keep drivers' in line. The TextBuster, from...

A high school sophomore has been expelled from her Texas high school for refusing to wear an ID badge containing a tracking chip. She's now taking the district to court.  San Antonio's Northside Independen...

In an effort to keep its students from getting so stressed during finals, Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, has instituted what it calls a puppy room. Technically, the room doesn't have any puppies. All ...

Television is considered a passive form media—in other words, something people sit down and watch without doing much else (except, perhaps, eating potato chips). Twitter and other forms of social media ar...

The Dark Knight Offers Lessons of FaithGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat Happened:The Dark Knight Rises, the final chapter in director Christopher Nolan's Dark K...

On Nov. 24, a new baby girl was ushered into the world. She weighs 8 pounds, is as cute as a button and her parents named her…Hashtag. (Slate)...