At UN climate change negotiations, human rights is increasingly the focus. 350.org, CC BY-NC By Matthew Nisbet,  Northeastern University Senior officials representing nearly 200 countries will…

Psychology lacks the methodological rigor of science, but bold claims are popular in corporate media and so they become paper of consumer belief. One recent popular claim is that being bilingual…

A new article  in the Georgia Law Review details the relationship of two U.S. Supreme Court cases, their impact on freedom of expression, and how they relate to blogging and citizen journalism.…

If you ask a female doctor why she didn't go into physics, she is not going to tell you it's because there are more men in physics and that is intimidating. Instead, she will say it's because she…

If you have talked to ranchers or people who live near wolves about being able to shoot them without landing in prison with a mandatory Federal jail sentence, the response is clear: Wolves have…

Physician attitudes towards mental illness can reflect the general public's prejudice. Dariush M/ Shutterstock By Adam Brenner, UT Southwestern Medical Center Mental illness is a major public health…

Credit: EU By David Glance, University of Western Australia The Parliament of the European Union last week voted to call on member states and the European Commission to investigate the operation of…

Diet is not only a matter of personal choice. Clay Caviness, CC BY-ND By Stanley Blue, University of Manchester and Elizabeth Shove, Lancaster University Diseases linked to smoking tobacco, a lack of…

New age ways of teaching where the children guide their learning rather than the teacher are perhaps not as effective. Shutterstock By Kevin Donnelly, Australian Catholic University Seventy teachers…

L'Aquila is still in repair. Roberto Taddeo By Lawrence Torcello, Rochester Institute of Technology It has been five years since an earthquake hit the Italian city of L’Aquila leaving 309 people dead…