When is an aspirin a day to prevent heart attacks too risky?
Craig Williams, Oregon State University
We’ve known for a long time that aspirin can help prevent damage from a heart attack or a stroke if...
Sinatra’s films shattered the postwar myth of the white American male
Karen McNally, London Metropolitan University
Frank Sinatra’s 100th birthday on December 12 is being celebrated with all the requisite fanfare: Alex Gibney’s HBO documentary Sinatra:...
Rarity of Jupiter-like planets means…
Rarity of Jupiter-like planets means planetary systems exactly like ours may be scarce
Stefano Meschiari, University of Texas at Austin
Is our little corner of the...
How do we ensure the next generation of workers…
How do we ensure the next generation of workers isn't worse off than the last?
Discussions about the future of work are clearly in the...
Forget about designer babies – gene editing won’t work on complex traits like intelligence
A Cecile JW Janssens, Emory University
This week, scientists gathered in Washington, DC for the International Summit on Human Gene Editing to discuss a technology...
Paris has already given us a modest climate deal – now to ramp it...
Peter Christoff, University of Melbourne
Today, in a renovated aircraft hanger in northern Paris, climate negotiators representing some 195 countries start to hammer out a...
Distance running is a perfect lab…
Distance running is a perfect lab to investigate whether men are more competitive than women
Robert Deaner, Grand Valley State University
What are the psychological...
Brain connections predict how well you can pay attention
Monica Rosenberg, Yale University
During a 1959 television appearance, Jack Kerouac was asked how long it took him to write his novel On The Road....
