A study from the Netherlands suggests that 20 percent of teens have damaged their eardrums permanently—stats reflecting a previous study done in England.For the new study, researchers polled more than 4,0...

About a third of young adults between the ages of 18 and 31 are living with their parents, according to research from the Pew Research Institute. That's more than 21.6 million youth—and the highest percen...

By the time a child is in first grade, experts now can predict with 75 percent accuracy whether he or she will drop out of high school.It might seem to be science fiction—akin to Tom Cruise's movie Minori...

Christians Happier than Atheists on TwitterGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat Happened:Are Christians happier than people who don't have faith? A new study from t...

"World of Warcraft" has lost 600,000 players in three months—a huge drop for what is still the most popular massively multiplayer online game. Since the beginning of 2013, 2 million people have dropped ou...

Many people on social networks know the feeling: They hop on Facebook for a few minutes, start looking at a friends' vacation pictures and start scrolling through their newsfeed; before they know it, more than ...

A child's development is dependent on more than what he or she does while awake: Sleep habits are, according to new research, just as important.According to researchers at University College London, 3-year-olds...

The United States continues to grow ever more secular, according to a new study from the Pew Research Religion & Public Life Project. Nearly one in five of all adults in America are unaffiliated with any re...

YWJ: When people haven't heard of Jon Acuff, what do you think they get after hearing or reading your stuff?Acuff: I'd guess they get some unexpected insight and humor. Chris Rock said there are some topics peo...

About eight years ago, I packed seven suitcases, two children and my wife and emigrated from England to Texas. Invited by a pastor, who was leading an alternative model of church, my mission was to repurpo...