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Nationwide Study Finds Nurses Are Often Ill-Prepared to Advise New Mothers on Potential Health Risks

Postpartum nurses often fail to warn mothers about potentially life-threatening complications, mainly because they need more education themselves.

Nina Martin & Renee Montagne

Social Justice

Studying an Entire Lifetime

For over 30 years, Brazil has run one of the largest studies of a population since birth.

Catherine de Lange

Economics

Facing Adversity, Some Find Solace in Science

New research suggests that, for some secular people, a belief in science plays a similar psychological role as faith does for religious people.

Tom Jacobs

Social Justice

Bondage Aficionados Are Better Adjusted Than Most

New research from the Netherlands finds that the psychological profile of people who enjoy certain non-mainstream sex games is surprisingly positive.

Tom Jacobs

Social Justice

How to Entice People to Buy Symphony Tickets

New research suggests that, contrary to common belief, ticket buyers are not particularly hostile toward contemporary compositions.

Tom Jacobs

Economics

Marijuana Buffers Pain of Social Exclusion

New research suggests one reason for the popularity of pot may be that it helps people cope with the pain of loneliness.

Tom Jacobs

Environment

Creatures of Coherence: Why We’re So Obsessed With Causation

We default to cause-and-effect thinking because we want to maintain control over our lives, but some things just don't have clear answers.

Ross Pomeroy

Education

How to Win a Spelling Bee

Solitary study of word spellings and origins is a better predictor of performance at the National Spelling Bee than either being quizzed by others or engaging in leisure reading.

Tom Jacobs

Environment

Power to the (Fishing) People

Pilot project democratizes — and hopefully improves — gathering of scientific data by enlisting commercial fishermen in the study of their local fisheries.

James Badham

Is Sarbanes-Oxley a Prescription for Hospitals?

Congressmen and state legislators aim to further regulate hospital management, hoping to encourage better care and finances. New research suggests these laws might not make much difference.

Ryan Blitstein