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Video games are good for girls — if parents play along
Dads who still haven’t given up video games now have some justification to keep on playing — if they have a daughter.
Researchers from Brigham Young University’s School of Family Life conducted a study on video games and children between 11 and…
What the locals ate 10,000 years ago
If you had a dinner invitation in Utah’s Escalante Valley almost 10,000 years ago, you would have come just in time to try a new menu item: mush cooked from the flour of milled sage brush seeds.
After five summers of meticulous excavation, B…
Study: Combat vets 62 percent more likely to lose marriages
While politicians and generals determine what’s next for Iraqis, recent research raises questions about what’s next for the families of the American soldiers concluding combat operations in Iraq. Combat veterans’ first marriages are 62 percent more likely to end in separation or divorce than other men’s, according to a study led by a Brigham Young University professor. “While the war may be mostly over, its effects on the soldiers who fought it may be just beginning,” said Sven Wilson, an assistant professor of political science. “We found that combat experience is an important risk factor for divorce or separation.”