For men, having children is a career advantage. For women in academia, it's a career killer. So writes Berkeley professor and author Mary Ann Mason in Slate, describing the research she and two co-authors explore in their new book, Do Babies Matter? Gender and Family in the Ivory Tower.
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Despite living in the wealthiest economy in the history of the world, Americans are surprisingly unhappy. That's the starting point for a report by PBS NewsHour's Paul Solman, who speaks with researchers at Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center.
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UC Berkeley researchers have found that a lack of sleep, which is common in anxiety disorders, may play a key role in amping up the brain regions that contribute to excessive worry. The results suggest that people suffering from high anxiety may benefit substantially from sleep therapy.
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