Although, by international standards, the UK has very low rates of deaths in children, within western Europe the UK has a higher rate of deaths in children than nearly every other country in the…

Food is interesting to me. It's essential, of course, but it's also a lot of cutting-edge science that people don't see. It's hard to imagine now that when I was a kid, Prof. Paul Ehrlich (and then…

I'll tell you up front, I am not a big fan of chemicals. It's not that I'm chemophobic, or have any science-phobia, I instead have that special sort of elitism that is available to people who have…

There are three simple family-oriented rules of thumb to overcome childhood obesity. They basically involve limit setting to address the brain's "get more" drive strengthened through habitual over-…

Parents are always worried about their special snowflakes - unless a phone call needs to be  made. Then, parents are no less likely to engage in cell phone and other distracting behavior than…

Over 60 years of data collected across 8 states by citizen scientists may demonstrate their potential to contribute to monitoring long-term lake water trends over a large area, according to results…

In the United States, murders have plummeted in the last 20 years, as has crime. A culture that in the 1980s was commonly projected to be morphing into gangs of youth wilding across urban areas has…

I can be lazy. I was famous for it as a child. I didn't bother to walk, I didn't bother to talk. When I got older, if I had to do a chore, I found a way to be a screw-up and break something. I had…

It used to be that homelessness was a way of life - the hobo lifestyle was one of odd jobs and flop houses. But as governments increasingly regulated buildings, flop houses were no longer viable and…

Terrorism can be a successful strategy for rebel groups during civil war, according to a Michigan State University political science academic, because governments will believe responding with…