Do Serial Killers and Drug Addicts Share Psychological Traits? Kevin Gardner Science & Medicine Examining the shared traits of drug addicts and serial killers allows you to easily see the power addiction has on a person's life. The cycle of addiction is a driving force that can take over an otherwise...
How Climate Change Is Altering American Coastlines Kevin Gardner Science & Medicine America's coastlines are highly populated areas. Upwards of 25 million Americans are at risk for coastal flooding, and an even greater share of Americans could be adversely affected by climate change if...
As Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks, New Research Shows How Much Energy Polar Bears Use to Find Food Anthony Pagano Science & Medicine Polar bears live in a remote and inhospitable environment far from most human settlements. For most biologists, opportunities to observe these animals are fleeting. In fact, scientists’ main resources for...
Three Life-Saving Medical Breakthroughs That Sound Like Science Fiction Kevin Gardner Science & Medicine Today is an exciting time for medical science. Due to breakthroughs in technology and medicine, new doors are opening in terms of potentially life-saving treatments. From the tricorder to the development of...
A Guide to Tai Chi for Scientists Matthew Partridge Science & Medicine This comic originally appeared on...
Scars and the Stories of Our Lives Michele Battle-Fisher Medicine, Science & Medicine As a human, I am protected from evaporating by my integumentary system better known as skin. My body is kept intact by skin, the largest and fastest healing organ. We wash it, peel it, augment it, suture it...
Fantasy and Folklore in Childbirth Narratives Cara Delay, Nursing Clio Science & Medicine Before the age of Facebook and parenting blogs, how did women exchange knowledge and beliefs about reproduction? Without What to Expect When You’re Expecting, how did society and “experts” tell women...