Quick Studies

Workers may be using marijuana instead of alcohol and other, more dangerous, substances.

In a recent study, the behavior most strongly linked to a negative recommendation was abandonment.

It's less likely you'll expand your waistline if you're expanding your horizons.

New research shows that current boyfriends or girlfriends are more likely than spouses to engage in certain types of violent behavior.

Underprivileged kids growing up in congested cities must overcome many handicaps; this study suggests one of them is the very air they breathe.

Researchers found fraternity membership lowers a student's grade-point average by 0.25 points (on a four-point scale), but increases future income by 36.2 percent.

While the painful perception of being stigmatized discourages some potential scholars, a simple act of self-affirmation can substantially close such achievement gaps.

Breastfeeding may not make bright kids brighter, but it apparently does benefit the kids who could most use a boost.

Men are allowed to be mavericks, but women are expected to toe the party line.

A study found that 11-year-olds who demonstrated medium or high academic ability were more likely to smoke cannabis at ages 18 to 20.

Parents are more comfortable with corporal punishment when gentler language is used to describe it.

A reduction roughly equivalent to a dose of morphine.

How lower tariffs lead to people buying more soda.

Can political positioning affect paychecks?

How just a little bit of cash now can prevent homelessness later.

New research adds an unexpected predictor of homelessness to an already-lengthy list.