Anyone who has signed on Facebook in the past few weeks has likely noticed their friends and family sharing a certain type of post. Thanks to some notable cases where people were able to find their biological parents or long-lost siblings, everyone is using the web and social media in particular to try to locate [...]
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The concept of nature versus nurture has been debated in the psychology world for many years now. The idea of which has more impact on what makes an individual. Are our traits innate or do they manifest based on our environment? Twin studies have offered influential research on the ongoing debate of nature versus nurture. [...]
One in every ten new mothers in the US is a teenage mother. Did you know that the US has the highest rate of teenage pregnancy in the entire developing world? With 745,000 girls under the age of 20 getting pregnant each year, what is happening in the US that is perpetuating this problem? The [...]
Everyone has their skeletons in the closet and although being adopted may not be a dark part of one’s past, it is usually a touchy subject. Here is a list of famous celebrities who you may or may not have known were actually raised by someone other than their biological parents. Nicole Richie A [...]
Giving birth is an exciting time for parents. It’s always interesting to guess what the baby will look like and which parent’s genes will dominate in the baby’s genetic make-up. Some dominant genes, like brown eyes, increase the odds that a couple will reproduce a baby with darker eyes; however one couple residing in London, [...]
It sounds as if it’s straight out of a movie: After years of being best friends, two girls realize that they are actually sisters. We’ve seen similar situations on the big screen, in movies like Parent Trap, but this Hollywood-esque scenario was a real life fairytale for two girls from a small town in Missouri. [...]