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Infertility in men could point to more serious health problems later in life

May 25, 2017 in Health
OPINION: Doctors can identify men who are at risk of serious diseases after they become fathers with simple and cheap tests. It is no longer enough to just evaluate the number of sperm.

Kids with rich grandparents do better in school

May 17, 2017 in Society & Culture
Having rich grandparents can clearly make a child’s life materially easier. But now it appears that wealth may also affect a child’s grades in school.

What makes an animal clever? Research shows that intelligence is not just about using tools

May 16, 2017 in Natural Sciences
The list of animals that use tools keeps growing, from chimps to birds and even octopuses. So is it time that we abandoned "tool use" as a measure of intelligence among species?

Fewer women tore when giving birth at home

May 15, 2017 in Health
Fewer women suffer perineal trauma – a tearing or needing to be snipped, when deliveries are at home instead of hospitals or clinics.

Swedish research article retracted by prestigious international journal

May 11, 2017 in Natural Sciences
Science magazine, one of the top academic journals in the world, has retracted an article written by two Swedish researchers whose data and methods have been judged to be suspect by a Swedish review board.

Just one in ten children “with food allergies” actually had them

May 5, 2017 in Health
Parents had steered their offspring away from a variety of foods they thought their kids were allergic to. When researchers examined the children they found that just one in ten really had a food allergy.

Forbidden products and fit personnel make us buy more

May 4, 2017 in Society & Culture
There are all kinds of psychological factors that drive us to shop. Well-trained, muscular clerks and goods on display that we cannot touch are two such ploys that make us open our wallets and buy more costly merchandise.

Self-harm links to violence against others

April 21, 2017 in Health
Researchers behind a Swedish study do not think that self-harm leads to violent crimes. But there is an underlying association between deliberate self-harm and violent criminality.

People with children vaccinate themselves to protect their loved ones

April 16, 2017 in Health
Childless, single persons may take vaccines because they deem it important to protect vulnerable segments of society. Parents seem to be more concerned about protecting their own family.

How science can help cities prepare for attacks on metro systems

April 6, 2017 in Society & Culture
OPINION: Whatever preparations metro authorities make for disasters, they can consider their passengers to be part of their solution. They need to design the tunnel environment for the people, not the people for the environment.

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