Apr 07 The new truth about Aspirin, and your doctor’s slow uptake of medical evidence By Inderveer Mahal, The Conversation In the case of Aspirin, research shows that average-risk patients are exposed to higher risks of bleeding and led to falsely believe Aspirin is the best form of primary prevention. Continue reading
Mar 31 Want to fix gerrymandering? Then the Supreme Court needs to listen to mathematicians By Manil Suri, Karen Saxe, The Conversation Supreme Court justices have previously called statistical methods of measuring partisan gerrymandering 'sociological gobbledygook' and 'a bunch of baloney.'… Continue reading
Mar 18 Why everyone should stand still on an escalator By Lesley Strawderman, The Conversation The best way to ride an escalator isn't what you'd expect, but it's 27 percent more efficient. Continue reading
Mar 17 Softer, processed foods changed the way ancient humans spoke By Steven Moran, Balthasar Bickel, The Conversation Considering language from a biological perspective led researchers to the idea that new food processing technologies affected neolithic human beings' jaws – and allowed new language sounds to emerge. Continue reading
Mar 09 11 things you can do to adjust to losing that hour of sleep tonight By Deepa Burman, Hiren Muzumdar, The Conversation As clocks march ahead of time Sunday morning and daylight saving time begins, there is a lot of anxiety around losing the hour of sleep and how to adjust to this change. Continue reading
Mar 05 Why the Kashmir conflict is not just an India-Pakistan border dispute By Chitralekha Zutshi, The Conversation Kashmir is a multi-ethnic region with several internal subregions, whose inhabitants have distinct political goals. Continue reading
Mar 01 WATCH: SpaceX tests Dragon capsule for launching humans into space By Wendy Whitman Cobb, The Conversation The launch window opens on Saturday at 2:49 a.m. EST, and is the first time the privately owned capsule, which is designed to carry humans into space, is testing its ability. Continue reading
Feb 27 Why robocalls are unstoppable By Raymond Huahong Tu, The Conversation It doesn’t matter if you’ve signed up with the federal Do Not Call Registry, though companies that call numbers on the list are supposed to be subject to large fines. Continue reading
Feb 23 How smallpox devastated the Aztecs – and helped Spain conquer an American civilization 500 years ago By Richard Gunderman, The Conversation Epidemics are nothing new, and some widespread infectious diseases have profoundly changed the course of human history. Continue reading
Feb 05 Why so many Americans now support legalizing marijuana, in 4 charts By Amy Adamczyk, Christopher Thomas, Jacob Felson, The Conversation And it’s not about older, more conservative Americans being replaced by younger generations who are more familiar with marijuana. Continue reading