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Benefit Vs. Risk of Facial Recognition Technology
May 8, 2013 — Law enforcement agencies are using facial recognition software as a crime-fighting tool. Now businesses are looking to use the technology to reach customers. But a professor questions whether ... > full story -
Credit Card Debt Leads Some to Skip Medical Care
May 8, 2013 — People with outstanding credit card or medical debt were more likely to delay or avoid medical or dental care, finds a new ... > full story -
Providing Workplace Wellness Centers Could Backfire
May 8, 2013 — People who signed up for a workplace wellness center but then used it infrequently experienced declines in their mental quality-of-life, finds a new ... > full story -
PCBs Are Everywhere: Problem Exists in Industrial City and Rural Community
May 8, 2013 — Despite the expectation of a large environmental exposure difference, researchers report that mothers and children in East Chicago, Ind., and residents in a rural area in Iowa have the same PCB ... > full story -
Human Impacts on Natural World Underestimated
May 8, 2013 — A comprehensive five-year study by ecologists -- which included monitoring the activity of wolves, elks, cattle and humans -- indicates that two accepted principles of how ecosystems naturally ... > full story -
New Red List Developed for Threatened Ecosystems
May 8, 2013 — Scientists have developed a new Red List system for identifying ecosystems at high risk of degradation, similar to the influential Red List for the world's threatened ... > full story -
People Organize Daily Travel Efficiently: Population-Level Study Discovers Small-Scale Details About Individuals' Choices
May 8, 2013 — Studies of human mobility usually focus on either the small scale -- determining the origins, destinations and travel modes of individuals' daily commutes -- or the very large scale, such as using ... > full story -
Early Math and Reading Ability Linked to Job and Income in Adulthood
May 8, 2013 — Math and reading ability at age 7 may be linked with socioeconomic status several decades later, according to new research. The childhood abilities predict socioeconomic status in adulthood over and ... > full story -
Why Family Conflict Affects Some Children More Than Others
May 8, 2013 — New research reveals why some children are badly affected by negative family conflicts while other children survive without significant problems. Researchers found that the way in which children ... > full story -
Look! Something Shiny! How Some Textbook Visuals Can Hurt Learning
May 8, 2013 — Adding captivating visuals to a textbook lesson to attract children’s interest may sometimes make it harder for them to learn, a new study ... > full story
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