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What To Do If Your Child Is Looking At Porn

January 5, 2012 by ·

Let’s be honest. Many children — especially post-pubescent boys — are interested in what we commonly call “porn.” You might not like the idea that some kids are looking at these images, but that doesn’t change the fact that it’s a pretty common occurrence.

This column isn’t about young children or children who accidentally come across unwanted sexual material. Those are different issues. The question I want to explore is how a parent should react if they discover their growing child — typically 12 or older — is deliberately looking at sexually explicit material on the Internet.

Nothing new or unusual

First, recognize that there’s nothing new about teens looking at such material. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, Humanities, Research & Study ·

The Year In Fitness

December 28, 2011 by ·

If all the Phys Ed columns published this year have a single message, it is that now is a fine time to own a body. The diverse exercise-related experiments published in 2011 and covered in this space each week suggest that it’s possible to retain your cognitive powers, muscle mass, running speed and waistline, even as you age, and that a little exercise can go a long way in terms of physiological benefit. Recent, important science even tells us that coffee, chocolate and beer enhance exercise performance, which is fortunate, since I have no plans to give up any of those. As most of us prepare our exercise resolutions for 2012, now seems an ideal time to review the past year in fitness science and the lessons it contained, both encouraging and cautionary. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health & Fitness, Lifestyle, Research & Study ·

Needs For Senior Living

December 22, 2011 by ·

The first of the Baby Boomers began reaching age 65 this year.

By 2030, the number of people 65 and older will comprise 20 percent, or about 71 million people, of the U.S. population, according to research conducted by Prudential in 2010.

Over the last several years, boomers have proven their resilience and strength in continuing to work full- or part- time jobs, although for many it’s a necessity. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Care, People, Research & Study ·

Water In Mars Regions May Have Rudimentary Life

December 13, 2011 by ·

Water in Mars regions may have rudimentary life Sydney: Patches of Mars sub-surface could contain water and sustain a rudimentary form of life, such as martian microbes, reveals a study.

“Our models tell us that if there is water present in the Martian sub-surface, then it could be habitable,” said doctoral student Eriita Jones from the Planetary Science Institute of the Australian National University.

“We know that there is a hot, deep biosphere on Earth that extends to around five kilometres. If there is a hot deep biosphere on Mars, our modelling shows that it could extend to around 30 kilometres,” study co-author Charley Lineweaver added. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Research & Study, Science, Solar System ·

Modern Women Bosses Becoming Bullies: Study

December 5, 2011 by ·

Women may have spent decades battling their way to the top in business, but their rapid success and increasing stress at the workplace are actually turning them into bullies, says a new study.

The survey by the British Association of Anger Management found that an increasing number of women in positions of power are bullying colleagues and employees.

While such behaviour is more commonly linked with male bosses, the survey found that a fifth of female bosses admit to shouting or being verbally abusive at work, a trend which has given rise to a new phenomenon called the nightmare female boss, a media report said. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Humanities, People, Research & Study ·

Study Confirms Many Of Us Go Online For No Reason

December 4, 2011 by ·

For anyone who needed official word, a new study confirms that many of us – and the majority of young adults – go online for no good reason at all.

The report from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project found that on any given day, 53 percent of 18 to 29 year-olds go online just to have fun or pass time.

That should explain all those kitten videos.

The report finds that the amount of time people spend tooling around on the Web doing nothing corresponds with age. Only 12 percent of people over 65 say they went online the previous day for no particular reason. Of those aged 50 to 64, the study found 27 percent answered yes to the same question. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Humanities, Research & Study ·

Man-Made Meat May Soon Feed World And Help Save The Planet

November 14, 2011 by ·

Scientists are cooking up new ways of satisfying the world’s ever-growing hunger for meat. “Cultured meat” – burgers or sausages grown in laboratory Petri dishes rather than made from slaughtered livestock – could be the answer to feeding the world, saving the environment and sparing the lives of millions of animals, they say.

Granted, it may take a while to catch on. And it won’t be cheap.

The first lab-grown hamburger would cost around e250 000 (R2.73 million) to produce, said Mark Post, a vascular biologist at the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands, who hopes to unveil such a delicacy soon.

Experts say the meat’s potential for saving animals’ lives, land, water, energy and the planet could be enormous. [Read more...]

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