Our body language can reveal more about what we know than our verbal language
Health & Science
Are Helicopter Parents Here to Stay?
Now that helicopter parent is in the dictionary, it’s time for a reminder of the downside of this trend
What You Need To Know About Blackouts
Our electricity system is likely to fail, but here’s how we can make it more resilient
The Magic of Reality
In an age of wizards and vampires, children need to rediscover the wonder of the real world
What Ricki Lake Doesn’t Tell You About Homebirth
Celebrity endorsements aside, giving birth at home is more dangerous and more likely to be attended by an untrained midwife
Steve Jobs and the Lure of Alternative Healing
What his treatment choices tell us about conventional medicine
Good Laws Make Good Neighbors
Why are we allowing states to pass on their pollution?
Is English Making Us Dyslexic?
Why it might be time to revamp our native tongue
It’s Raining Babies
As the world population passes 7 billion, there’s no need to worry about water, fuel or food. Capitalism, or aliens, will take care of all that
They’ve Taken Emotional Intelligence Too Far
The author of Emotional Intelligence explains how this popular concept has been overused
What Part of Idiopathic Epistaxis Don’t You Understand?
If we want doctors who can communicate, maybe we need med students who weren’t pre-med
Enough Is Enough
While we fight over health care reform, more blameless Americans grow sick and die
The Message Behind Cain’s Message
How to read the presidential candidate’s smoke signals in a new campaign ad