New genetic research has questioned the recent research conclusion that chickens demonstate trading between Polynesia and South America.

Market researchers and neuroscientists have confirmed in hard data that most informed consumers fall into one of four broad personality groups whose preferences correlate predictably with consumer behaviour.

HIV infection could quadruple in some populations if people follow potentially misleading advice from the Swiss Federal Commission for HIV/AIDS, research warns.  

Fathers' willingness to pay child support is complicated by factors other than their ability to do so, such as the symbolic dimension of money, according to a study. 

Analysis of the working patterns of Australian families shows women are doing proportionally less housework than before in some households, but not others. 

SUVs are not as dangerous as sometimes thought, but they have serious safety drawbacks and may seem safer than they are because of their driving demographic.

One in two pregnant Australian woman drink alcohol during despite risks for the baby, and many obstetricians do not ask or inform, according to research. 

Nursing homes are becoming more popular in Taiwan despite traditional culture charging children with the responsibility of looking after their aged parents.

Research has found that the North Star, Polaris, has been unpredictably changing its vibrations over the last five years, though it was thought to be becoming more stable.

A programme used in the US that teaches reading by using movies with subtitles has been highly successful for struggling readers in New Zealand research.

Different methods of teaching children to read, focussing on what children are ready to learn not what they can't, are bringing large improvements, reseach found.

Media workers are being killed due to their jobs in many countries, particularly those with uncontrolled armed groups, and by the highest numbers in Iraq.

Children who have been exposed to violence in their homes tend to have difficulties at school or don't enjoy it, according to a literature review.

Research has shown that children’s reading improves when teachers focus on when children are ready to learn rather than finding out what they cannot do, writes Genevieve Costigan.

Australian scientists have mapped the anatomy of a membrane protein, adding to the worldwide pool of mapped proteins that can be used to design new drugs.