Social Justice The Human Element in Cybersecurity Attacks People are much stupider, and much smarter, than algorithms. Francie Diep
News in Brief A History of Americans’ Willingness to Make a Woman President Ninety-five percent of Americans say they're now willing to vote for a woman for president, but their true beliefs may be a bit less open than they say. Francie Diep
Environment A Growing Population, and a Falling Volume of Water California's population has skyrocketed over the past hundred years; unfortunately, water runoff has not. Francie Diep
Social Justice A Look Back at the Droughts That Made Californians Take Droughts Seriously "The loss of cattle was fearful. The plains were strewn with their carcasses." Francie Diep
Social Justice Does News About False Rape Allegations Hurt Rape Victims? There's not a lot of research about this, but the science that does exist suggests yes. Francie Diep
Social Justice How You Read Science News Depends—a Little—on Your Political Beliefs More accurate science reporting helps everybody, but it's mitigated by how liberal or conservative people are. Francie Diep
Economics How Do You Make a Living, Paleoartist? Francie Diep talks to Jennifer Hall about illustrating animals that have been dead for a very, very long time. Francie Diep
Social Justice How to Convince People to Save Water, Using Psychology Shame them and pressure them, and maybe make them pay some money. Francie Diep
Health & Behavior News in Brief Previous Site Sections The Connection Between Domestic Abuse and Condom Use A new, large analysis of previous studies finds being in abusive relationships makes women and girls less likely to use contraception of all kinds. Francie Diep
Environment City Ants and Foxes Eat an American Diet Too They have more heavy carbon atoms in their bodies, which come from corn and sugarcane. Francie Diep