Hoping to increase campus positivity, some college students are creating Facebook pages geared toward complimenting their peers. The trend apparently began at Canada's Queen's University, when four underclassme...

The more friends we have on Facebook, the more likely we are to be stressed about having so many friends. Sounds strange, but it's true—at least according to a study from the University of Edinburgh Busin...

Teachers believe entertainment is harming their students' education, according to a study by Common Sense Media Research. About 71 percent of teachers polled believe entertainment is hurting their kids' attenti...

More actors with Down syndrome are appearing in movies and television—a conscious effort (it seems) by Hollywood to introduce more characters with disabilities. Upcoming movies such as Café de Flore ...

People look for a variety of attributes when they're looking for a new car: economy, comfort, horsepower; but younger Americans also want a little bit of…quirk. That's what carmakers are counting on, at a...

For years, texting has been the go-to mode of electronic communication among youth, but there are signs that could be changing. Text messaging is on the wane, according to a new study from Chetan Sharma, a mobi...

What do kids want for Christmas this year? A new bike? A train set? That's soooo 20th century. According to a survey from Nielsen, nearly half of children ages 6 through 12 are hoping Santa brings them a new Ap...

Can Fiona Apple Help Us Remember What's Important?Get downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat Happened:A few days ago, singer-songwriter Fiona Apple cancelled her tour of ...

Pope Benedict XVI soon will get his own Twitter account, according to Vatican sources. His handle will be @PopeBenedict, but followers shouldn't expect weighty theological discussions via Twitter. Because the p...

Apple—known primarily for its genre-breaking tech gadgets so at home in the Internet, also has (a bit paradoxically) the most successful brick-and-mortar stores in the country, bringing in $6,050 per squa...