An ‘Aspirin’ That Could Relieve the Pain of Child Marriage
Whether the story making the rounds that an eight-year-old bride died after her new husband had sex with her is true, there's still a huge global problem of forced child marriages.
Accentuate the Positive—and See Your Kids Learn More
You know what will happen if you keep nagging your kids about all the bad things their poor decisions will cause? Much less than what would happen if you emphasized what good could come from avoiding those actions.
The Traditional American Family Has Been Outsourced
If you're looking for a two-parent, man-and-wife, never-divorced kind of family, head to one of those citizenship ceremonies.
Your Work Will Keep Your Health Plan—for You
A new analysis suggests all those horror stories about businesses scrapping their health plans because of Obamacare are overwrought. But try not to be a spouse or a retiree.
West Nile Mosquitoes Emphasize the Local in Global Warming
A hotter world will indeed be a sicker world, but how that happens will be a local affair.
It Is Possible to Graduate From a for-Profit College
For-profit higher education's failings have the feds exercised anew. If only there was some way to know who might thrive in these institutions....
Does Driving Still Matter in Today’s Economy?
Of course it does, but what was once a truism is becoming less absolute.
Kidnappers Are the Most Likely to Kill Themselves Behind Bars
Committing suicide while locked up is much less common than it used to be, but Ariel Castro's crimes put him in the group most likely to off themselves.
Perhaps Archimedes Should Have Focused on Jaguars, Not Galleys
Solar concentrators are a hot weapon in the renewable energy arsenal. Except sometimes they really can be a weapon.
Here’s Why You Really Don’t Want a Strip Club Next Door
A new spatial analysis of sexually oriented businesses—yes, you guessed the acronym—finds crime is indeed higher in their wake.