Tag: Periods
The US lacks adequate education around puberty and menstruation for young...
Marni Sommer, Columbia University
One thing few people have been talking about since Roe v. Wade was overturned is...
No, submitting junk data to period tracking apps won’t protect reproductive...
Katie Siek, Indiana University; Alexander L. Hayes, Indiana University, and Zaidat Ibrahim, Indiana University
Social media users posted ideas...
How the tampon shortage is exacerbating period poverty in the US
Marni Sommer, Columbia University
Tampons have become the latest household product to fall foul of supply chain issues.
Short-sleepers are more likely to suffer from irregular and heavy periods
Kat Kennedy, University of Arizona and Sara Nowakowski, Baylor College of Medicine
The Research Brief is a short take...
Ack! I need chocolate! The science of PMS food cravings
Sara Twogood, University of Southern California
Premenstrual food cravings are the punchline of endless jokes. Like most good jokes, they’re funny because they’re true.
Certain parts...
EXPLORING NATURE
Superheavy-lift rockets like SpaceX’s Starship could transform astronomy by making space...
Martin Elvis, Smithsonian Institution
After a string of dramatic failures, the huge Starship rocket from SpaceX had a fully...
