Mommy Gap (Not Clothes)

Is Motherhood Keeping Good Scientists Down? How To Fix Reaserch’s “Mommy Gap”

Competition as the main problem (or good thing) for research

History Repeats

The Wrong Side of History

We’re hearing rehashed arguments that were raised against Medicare.

Climate Change and Women

Poor women ‘bear climate burden’

They do most of the agricultural work, and are therefore affected by weather-related natural disasters impacting on food, energy and water, it said.

Shafted =\

White is Right

Mirror , Mirror, Who Is The Fairest Of Them All?

It’s not just an Indian thing.  Check all the colonialized countries that have adopted white aesthetics of beauty (i.e., all non-white countries).

Primary Care

Primary Care’s Image Problem

I like Pauline Chen’s articles.

Hopa in China

Mixed-Race TV Contestant Ignites Debate In China

China v. Swine

China’s Tough Measures on Flu Appear to Pay Off

See what they can do if pressured.  And now malnutrition, hepatitis B, dengue…

We Are Not the Same, I Am a Martian

Vatican Scientists Seek Evidence of Alien Life

Jesuits embracing astrobio supsuuuuup.  I can’t believe I managed an A in that class…

Information and Behavior

2 Studies Gauge Effect on New York’s Posted Calories

A reminder that the availability of information does not necessarily translate into more healthful behaviors.

Not Just Cute Polar Bears

Coca-Cola link spurs Contra costa doctors to quit national association

“Their decision to take soda money is all the more unconscionable because, unlike doctors in the ’40s, they well know the negative health impact of soda,” he said.

Buh.  Public health, medicine, and ethics don’t always coincide.