by Jennifer Kelly Freelance Writer Professor Lynn Fontenot of Istpot University in Ohio has received a $4 million dollar grant from the Templeton Foundation to research a question that she says has long perplexed humanity. That is, how much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood. The grant is the third [...]

by Dana Lancer Freelance Writer An extensive study headed by the Department of Gerontology at the University of Florida has documented concrete evidence that the human aging process “just plain bites,” according to its lead authors. Results of the study will appear this month in Today’s Elderly Tomorrow, a major gerontology journal. The research combined [...]

by Dana Lancer Freelance Writer In a decades-long nursing study involving dozens of hospitals and tens of thousands of patients, researchers have determined that hospital patients dislike being awakened during the night for interventions. The study was led by a team at the College of William & Mary’s School of Nursing in Williamsburg, VA, and [...]

After years of being known best as an elite professor at Miami University of Ohio and top expert in the field of qualitative research, Dr. Peter Magolda has achieved the highest level of mainstream popularity. According to E!citement news reports, Magolda’s presentation at the convention of the American College Personnel Association in Boston caught the [...]

A new study suggests that seven hours of sleep is optimal for long life. Losers all over the world are celebrating with theme parties that range from “See, I Told You” Soirees to “Abstinent for Life” mixers. “I know people who stay up late to have a social life or work on their life-long passions, [...]

Taxpayers from 36 states have formed a lobbying group called the National Witchdog Group to pressure legislators and President Obama to restrict the funding of obviously-ridiculous university research. Group representative Amy Rohrbach who describes herself as “just an average citizen of Kansas” says she is tired of seeing her tax money go to colleges performing [...]