Is advancing technology causing our brains to evolve? A new study led by UCLA neuroscientist Gary Small indicates a dramatic shift is being made in how we gather and assimilate information and communi...

California voters will have an opportunity to decide whether teenage girls should have stronger legal protections for their physical and emotional health. Supporting Proposition 4 on the November ballot can kee...

Newsflash: People can be persuaded.(Story continues below.)Discussion Starters1.) Do the students with whom you work ever mention being "tricked" or "duped" into doing something they wouldn't do otherwise witho...

Among cosmetic surgeries, which according to some reports has increased nearly 500 percent in the past decade, the hot new procedure is to reduce back fat, especially the area just above the bra line. The major...

It's a tough lesson for millions of students just now arriving on campus: Even if you have a high school diploma, you may not be ready for college. In fact, a new study calculates, one-third of American colle...

"(T)he Treasury dramatically expanded its bailout plan to include buying student loans, car loans, credit card debt and any other'troubled' assets held by banks. The changes, which were included in draft langua...

School shootings are an especially American form of horror show, starring several key elements from our national fantasy life: high school, the underdog's revenge (however brief and illusory), violence and, abo...

Every other week it seems a new study comes out that adds to our already-formidable arsenal of parental worries. Even by those escalating standards, the report issued last week by the federal government's Natio...

For thousands of students, the start of the new school term is so traumatic they will become ill. Doctors and psychologists have seen a significant increase in the number of children suffering from "s...

There seems to be a disconnect between what young people are learning about sex, when they acquire their knowledge, and their subsequent sexual behavior. In U.S. schools, there seems to be two methods...