Pregnant with Possibility
In a recent op-ed piece in the Los Angeles Times and on his own online site, YouthFacts.org, contrarian…
Glass Starting Gate: Voters Will Elect Them, But Women Still Have to Run
Lack of party recruitment, not voter sexism, limits women's presence in politics, according to a new study.
Epilepsy Drug Helps Rats Kick Alcohol Habit
Last month, we blogged about rodent research that showed promise in treating cirrhosis; now, in a study just…
Flaws in the Mouse Model?
Today in Mice owes its existence to the practice of using model organisms — that is, rodents —…
‘Stranger Danger’ Takes Back Seat to Family Fiend
A lot of mythology surrounds criminal sexual offenses, and, in many cases, these assumptions can hamper attempts to reduce recidivism.
Sex Offender Boundaries Deemed Ineffective
Prohibiting sex offenders from living near schools sounds like a good idea, but such residency restrictions may make it harder to supervise offenders — and without preventing new sex crimes.
Pills or Practice? Boosting Brain Power
Our Tom Jacobs wrote in March about plagiarism and fraud among writers and academics, referring to it as a "doping scandal" in the world of letters. The term was meant to be a metaphor, but as it turns out, there may be greater use of performance-enhancing drugs going on in intellectual circles than one might expect.
Birds Do It, Bees Do It
Even educated young adults do it, apparently - "it" being the trading of goods for sex, or what the research literature delicately refers to as "exchanges in reproductively relevant currencies."
Dream Deferred: Fair Housing Act Turns 40
Residential neighborhoods are still the final frontier of desegregation.
Like-New Livers for Rats with Cirrhosis
Untold numbers of laboratory rodents have been dispatched so that humans could know with certainty that all manner of substances are carcinogenic or otherwise deadly. But in a welcome turnabout, scientists from Sapporo Medical University in Japan reported recently in the journal Nature Biotechnology that they have used synthetic molecules to cure rats of cirrhosis.