With the country wringing its hands over what's been called an obesity epidemic, particularly among children, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and some Big Apple politicians are asking that sugary soft drinks o...

Sometimes it seems as though everyone is on Facebook, and indeed 900 million people worldwide check their Facebook accounts at least once a month; but there are still millions of Americans who don't belong to t...

Youth don't have much money, but that doesn't keep them from spending big bucks on high-dollar luxury goods. According to a report by American Express Business Insights, millennials (youth born between 1980 and...

California legislators are debating whether counselors should be allowed to try to change the sexual orientation of teens. A bill that would outlaw so-called conversion therapy for teens has passed through comm...

But Enough About Narcissism. Let's Talk About Me.Get downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat Happened:Do you like to talk about yourself? If you said no, you might be lyin...

A man, apparently tired of wearing wrist watches that wrap around the wrist has invented a technique to eliminate the pesky band. He installed several magnets underneath his skin, and the magnets now hold his i...

When six seniors from Cascade High School in Hendricks County, Ind., posted thousands of sticky notes around the school, they thought it was a harmless senior prank. Superintendent Patrick Spray thought differe...

Reading literally changes lives, according to a new study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Researchers say literary characters can have a sizable impact on how we think and act. Th...

Famed Children's Author Never Wrote for ChildrenGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat Happened:Maurice Sendak, author of the classic children's book Where the Wild T...

Television and junk food go together like French fries and ketchup, according to a study from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. According to researchers, every...