Science & Society

It's uncommon for there to be reanalyses of data from randomized clinical trials (RCTs) - once a product has failed, it isn't smart to keep putting more money into it. Some critics insist that…

Like most young people, the first job is not the best job and they will often leave when a better opportunity comes along.  There is strong demand for nurses so it's no surprise that there is…

Before they reach young adulthood, many children in the United States will experience their parents separating, divorcing, finding another partner or getting remarried.  When families change…

A Ripper murder, Illustrated Police news, c. 1888. By Rosalind Crone, The Open University A panic erupted in Britain 126 years ago. At daybreak on Saturday September 8, the mutilated body of Annie…

If depictions of animals in ancient Egyptian artifacts are an accurate climate record, they have helped scholars assemble a detailed record of the large mammals that lived in the Nile Valley over the…

Dora grows up. Credit: Lisa West Photography, CC BY-NC-ND By Bruce Fuller, University of California, Berkeley It may take a budding Latina tween with warm dark eyes and undaunted courage to ready…

Critical mass of editors could help solve the puzzle.Credit: bastique, CC BY-SA By Mark Graham, University of Oxford The geography of knowledge has always been uneven. Some people and places have…

Scientists can be victims of sexual abuse from their peers just as in any institution. Credit: Minerva Studio By Margaret C. Hardy, The University of Queensland The life sciences have come under fire…

The hijab isn't a symbol of oppression for many women. Credit: diegofornero, CC BY-NC-SA By Pina Sadar, Durham University Terrorism, oppression, fundamentalism and victimhood are only a few of the…

By Helen King, The Open University It wasn’t that long ago that it was believed that regular periods were essential for women's health and in their absence, a loss of blood through another orifice…