- Bernie Sanders on education: 'Dumb' that money blocks bright students from college. "Now that is absurd. That is unfair to those young people. It is stupid in terms of the future of our economy because we want to be tapping all of the intellectual potential that is out there." http://www.universityherald.com/articles/27419/20151230/bernie-sanders-on-education-dumb-that-money-blocks-bright-students-from-college.htm 227 comments politics
- International Space Station to Receive 3-D Printer Space Agencies to Save Time and Money http://www.universityherald.com/articles/11216/20140903/international-space-station-getting-a-3-d-printer-will-save-space-agencies-time-and-money.htm 3 comments technology
- Mystery behind Origin of New Zealand’s Iconic Flightless Bird Kiwi Solved http://www.universityherald.com/articles/9564/20140523/mystery-origins-new-zealand-flightless-bird-kiwi-adelaide.htm 10 comments worldnews
- Researchers Determine World's Oldest Animal to Be a 500-Year-Old Clam, But Kill It in the Process http://www.universityherald.com/articles/5615/20131116/researchers-determine-worlds-oldest-animal-to-be-a-500-year-old-clam-but-kill-it-in-the-process.htm 4 comments worldnews
- Global Carbon Emissions Set to Reach Record 36 billion Tonnes in 2013 http://www.universityherald.com/articles/5655/20131119/global-carbon-emissions-set-to-reach-record-36-billion-tonnes-in-2013.htm 7 comments worldnews
- Young Adults Think It Is Appropriate To Text, Answer Phone Calls During Business Meetings http://www.universityherald.com/articles/5326/20131101/young-adults-think-it-is-appropriate-to-text-answer-phone-calls-during-business-meetings.htm 6 comments science
- Brushing Your Teeth Could Prevent Heart Disease: Researchers have shown for the first time that as gum health improves, progression of atherosclerosis slows to a clinically significant degree http://www.universityherald.com/articles/5322/20131101/brushing-your-teeth-could-prevent-heart-disease.htm 72 comments science
- University of Oxford Study Says Women With Big Butts Are Smarter And Resistant To Chronic Illnesses http://www.universityherald.com/articles/5306/20131031/women-with-big-butts-are-smarter-and-resistant-to-chronic-illnesses.htm 22 comments worldnews
- First Effective Medicine to Treat Cocaine Dependence: New research reveals that topiramate, a drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat epilepsy and migraine headaches, also could be the first reliable medication to help treat cocaine dependence. http://www.universityherald.com/articles/5202/20131027/new-study-shows-promise-for-first-effective-medicine-to-treat-cocaine-dependence.htm 388 comments science
- Peer Pressure Can Influence Food Choices at Restaurants: Study showed that when groups of people eat together at a restaurant at which they must state their food choice aloud, they tend to select items from the same menu categories http://www.universityherald.com/articles/5186/20131025/peer-pressure-can-influence-food-choices-at-restaurants.htm 19 comments science
- 49 Percent of Canadian University Students Not Using Condoms http://www.universityherald.com/articles/5101/20131022/sex-survey-finds-many-canadian-university-students-not-using-condoms.htm 122 comments worldnews
- Is Himalayan Yeti Real? Researchers Finds 100 Percent Match Between Mysterious Hairs and Ancient Polar Bear DNA http://www.universityherald.com/articles/4997/20131017/is-the-yeti-real-researchers-finds-100-percent-match-between-mysterious-hairs-and-ancient-polar-bear-dna.htm 10 comments worldnews
- Scientists Identify Protein Linking Exercise to Brain Health: If the protein can be made in a stable form and developed into a drug, it might lead to improved therapies for cognitive decline in older people and slow the toll of neurodegenerative diseases such Alzheimer's and Parkinson's http://www.universityherald.com/articles/4919/20131012/scientists-identify-protein-linking-exercise-brain-health.htm 331 comments science
- 10 Million Tons Of Diamonds May Exist On Jupiter And Saturn, What Are We Waiting For? http://www.universityherald.com/articles/4883/20131010/10-million-tons-diamonds-exist-jupiter-saturn-what-waiting.htm 9 comments space
- Facebook Study Locates Colleges Where Students Are Most Likely To Marry http://www.universityherald.com/articles/4882/20131010/facebook-study-locates-colleges-where-students-marry.htm 3 comments technology
- 40% Of World Has Internet Access, UN Report Says http://www.universityherald.com/articles/4827/20131007/40-world-internet-access-cheaper-more-plentiful-mobile-digital-naives.htm 4 comments worldnews
- Illinois Student Sues Drew’s Pizza for Failing to Offer Freebies after Exposing His Man Breasts http://www.universityherald.com/articles/4646/20130924/illinois-student-sues-drew-s-pizza-failing-offer-freebies-exposing.htm 6 comments nottheonion
- Facebook Makes People More Unhappy and Lonely http://www.universityherald.com/articles/4544/20130914/facebook-people-more-unhappy-lonely-study.htm 58 comments science
- Now, for the first time, scientists have been able to erase dangerous drug-associated memories in mice and rats without affecting other more benign memories. http://www.universityherald.com/articles/4497/20130910/new-study-suggests-possibility-selectively-erasing-unwanted-memories.htm 5 comments science
- Mystery of the 'Fairy Circles' in The Namib Desert Revealed: Research http://www.universityherald.com/articles/4453/20130906/mystery-fairy-circles-namib-desert-revealed-research.htm 3 comments science
- Oldest Known Land Animal from Gondwana found in South Africa: a 350-million-year-old fossilized scorpion http://www.universityherald.com/articles/4420/20130903/oldest-known-land-animal-gondwana-found-eastern-cape.htm 16 comments worldnews
- Young Men's Self Esteem Hurt By Female Companion's Success: Author Says "So thinking of themselves as unsuccessful might trigger men's fear that their partner will ultimately leave them." http://www.universityherald.com/articles/4415/20130902/young-mens-self-esteem-hurt-female-companions-success.htm 815 comments science
- Mosquitoes Smell You Better at Night, Study Finds: The team revealed daily rhythmic protein abundance of OBPs, having higher concentrations in the mosquito's sensory organs at night than during the day. http://www.universityherald.com/articles/4396/20130830/mosquitoes-smell-better-night-study-finds.htm 5 comments science
- New Study:Why some recyclable items still end up in the trash? People are psychologically hard-wired to believe that products that are damaged or that aren't whole—such as small or ripped paper or dented cans—are useless, and this leads users to trash them rather than recycle them http://www.universityherald.com/articles/4294/20130822/whole-problem-recycling.htm 10 comments science
- Women are less likely to take part in corporate crime and fraud even though more women now work in corporations and serve at higher levels of those organizations, according to a team of sociologists http://www.universityherald.com/articles/4212/20130814/women-still-less-commit-corporate-fraud.htm 18 comments science
- New High-Tech Laser Method Allows DNA to be Inserted 'Gently' into Living Cells It combines two high-tech techniques and let the researchers to precisely poke holes on a single cell with a high-powered "femtosecond" laser and then tug a piece of DNA through it using "optical tweezers" http://www.universityherald.com/articles/4154/20130807/new-high-tech-laser-method-allows-dna-inserted-gently-living.htm 24 comments science
- New study has found that adolescent boys who are hurt in just two physical fights suffer a loss in IQ that is roughly equivalent to missing an entire year of school. Girls experience a similar loss of IQ after only a single fighting-related injury http://www.universityherald.com/articles/4114/20130803/injuries-teen-fighting-deal-blow-iq.htm 819 comments science
- Sudden Decline in Testosterone,the male sex hormone,May Cause Parkinson’s Disease Symptoms in Men http://www.universityherald.com/articles/4035/20130727/sudden-decline-testosterone-cause-parkinson-s-disease-symptoms-men.htm 102 comments science
- Great White Shark uses Fat Stored in Liver to Make Non-Stop 2,000+ Mile Trips http://www.universityherald.com/articles/3928/20130718/great-white-shark-uses-fat-stored-liver-make-non-stop.htm 16 comments science
- Unwanted Sexual Attention Drives Homosexual Prejudice and Homophobia: A new psychology study suggests that homophobia among college students is based mostly on the fear of being hit on by the same sex http://www.universityherald.com/articles/3823/20130709/unwanted-sexual-attention-drives-homosexual-prejudice-homophobia-study.htm 3094 comments science
- New Study: Many black or racially mixed women in Venezuela are undergoing nose jobs in an effort to look whiter, but the procedure only temporarily improves their self-esteem and body image in a culture that values whiteness http://www.universityherald.com/articles/3796/20130706/cosmetic-surgery-look-whiter-fails-boost-womens-self-esteem.htm 81 comments science
- More Women Pick Computer Science if Media Nix Outdated ‘Nerd’ Stereotype - Specifically, colleagues studied whether the stereotypical view of the geeky male nerd so often portrayed in the media, most recently in CBS's "The Big Bang Theory," discouraged women from pursuing computer science degrees. http://www.universityherald.com/articles/3679/20130626/more-women-pick-computer-science-media-nix-outdated-nerd-stereotype.htm 1009 comments science
- Research professor known for his cutting-edge work with carbon nanotubes is overseeing the manufacture of a prototype lab-on-a-chip that would someday enable a physician to detect disease or virus from just one drop of liquid, including blood http://www.universityherald.com/articles/3650/20130624/published-research-shows-promise-new-device-detect-disease-drop-blood.htm 6 comments science
- New study offers further proof that the divergence of humans from chimpanzees some 4 million to 6 million years ago was profoundly influenced by mutations to DNA sequences that play roles in turning genes on and off http://www.universityherald.com/articles/3604/20130619/new-research-backs-theory-genetic-switches-play-big-role-human.htm 78 comments science
- Global Cooling as Significant as Global Warming - A "cold snap" 116 million years ago triggered a similar marine ecosystem crisis to those witnessed in the past as a result of global warming http://www.universityherald.com/articles/3567/20130616/global-cooling-significant-warming.htm 50 comments science
- Blacks and Hispanics are more likely than whites to believe that George Zimmerman would have been arrested immediately had he shot a white person, according to a newly published study http://www.universityherald.com/articles/3566/20130615/study-blacks-hispanics-zimmerman-arrested-earlier-victim-white.htm 43 comments science
- Memory improved in mice injected with a small, drug-like molecule discovered by researchers studying how cells respond to biological stress - The same biochemical pathway the molecule acts on might one day be targeted in humans to improve memory http://www.universityherald.com/articles/3556/20130614/memory-boosting-chemical-identified-mice.htm 5 comments science
- An analysis of recent data from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of 97 adolescents who were part of study begun with very low birth weight babies born in 1982-1986 in a Cleveland neonatal intensive care unit has tied smaller brain volumes to poor academic achievement http://www.universityherald.com/articles/3502/20130610/reduced-brain-volume-kids-low-birth-weight-tied-academic-struggles.htm 3 comments science
- A faith in the explanatory and revealing power of science increases in the face of stress or anxiety, a study by Oxford University psychologists suggests http://www.universityherald.com/articles/3445/20130605/belief-science-increases-stressful-situations.htm 2 comments science
- Obese Patients Trust Diet Advice from Overweight Physicians More than Normal-Weight Physicians http://www.universityherald.com/articles/3432/20130604/obese-patients-trust-diet-advice-overweight-physicians-more-normal-weight.htm 19 comments science