Paying all blood donors might not be worth it
Gretchen Chapman, Carnegie Mellon University
The Abstract features interesting research and the people behind it.
Gretchen Chapman is a decision scientist who explores what makes it...
How some drugs can turn into a cancer-causing chemical in the body
C. Michael White, University of Connecticut
When consumers get a prescription drug from the pharmacy, they assume that it’s...
Do you eat with your eyes, your gut or your brain? A neuroscientist explains...
Alex Johnson, Michigan State University
The holiday season is upon us, and with it, opportunities to indulge in festive...
5 of the biggest threats today’s K-12 students and educators face don’t involve guns
Elizabeth Zumpe, UMass Lowell
While many American students and their parents worry that the next mass shooting could happen...
Banksy and the tradition of destroying art
Preminda Jacob, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
When the British street artist Banksy shredded his “Girl With Balloon” after it was purchased for US$1.4 million...
Murderous mice attack and kill nesting albatrosses on Midway Atoll − scientists struggle to...
Wieteke Holthuijzen, University of Tennessee
At the far end of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands lies Kuaihelani – also known...
Why it’s good for kids to have friends from different socioeconomic backgrounds
Leah M. Lessard, University of Connecticut and Jaana Juvonen, University of California, Los Angeles
The Research Brief is a...
Social Security benefits play key role in preventing older Americans from lacking enough quality...
Sophie Mitra, Fordham University; Debra Brucker, University of New Hampshire, and Katie Jajtner, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The Research Brief...
