Science & Society

4 Weird Ideas People Used To Have About Women’s Periods

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 was a fair substitute. In a classical Greek text link ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 4 2014 - 11:31am

Muslim Feminists Reclaim The Hijab To Fight The Patriarchy

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Article - The Conversation - Sep 5 2014 - 9:54pm

We Need To Talk About The Sexual Abuse Of Scientists

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 recently with a study published in PLOS ONE that invest ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 7 2014 - 6:39pm

6,000 Years Of Climate Change Through Egyptian History

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 past 6,000 years. They then determined that species ext ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 10 2014 - 9:00am

Multicultural Dora The Explorer Grows Up, But She Won't Make All Kids Bilingual

Dora grows up. Credit: Lisa West Photography, CC BY-NC-ND By Bruce Fuller, University of California, Berkeley ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 9 2014 - 8:00am

Why Global Contributions To Wikipedia Are So Unequal

Critical mass of editors could help solve the puzzle.Credit: bastique, CC BY-SA By Mark Graham, University of Oxford ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 9 2014 - 8:52pm

A Good Reason To Do Re-Analysis Of Failed Clinical Trial Data

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. ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 10 2014 - 6:35pm

18 Percent Of Nurses Leave First Job Within A Year, 33 Percent Within Two Years

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 turnover among young ones. Once they prove they can do the ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 10 2014 - 1:30pm

Divorce Boosts Behavioral Problems In High-Income Families

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 structure, it is more common for children to exhibit behavior pr ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 10 2014 - 1:24pm

New Evidence Points To Old Jack The Ripper Suspect – but Here Is Why I’m Not Convinced

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 Chapman, a prostitute, had been found in the back yard of ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 10 2014 - 11:30am