Medicine
A Common Anesthetic Could Ease PTSD and Other Stress Disorders
Propofol reduces the intensity of traumatic memories
Stories by Paul Raeburn
Medical & Biotech
How to Identify Almost Anyone in a Consumer Gene Database
New techniques that dig more deeply into genetic databases may soon make the anonymity of their customers’ DNA impossible to safeguard
Behavior & Society
Present Fathers Delay Teen Pregnancy
The influence of fathers on their teenage children has long been overlooked. Now researchers are finding surprising ways in which dads make a difference
Mind
Game Theory for Parents
Mathematically tested measures to make your kids cooperate—all on their own
Behavior & Society
How Dads Influence Teens' Happiness
The influence of fathers on their teenage children has long been overlooked. Now researchers are finding surprising ways in which dads make a difference
The Sciences
The Father Factor
Could becoming a father after age 40 raise the risks that your children will have a mental illness?
Mind
The Father Factor: How Dad's Age Increases Baby's Risk of Mental Illness
Could becoming a father after age 40 raise the risks that your children will have a mental illness?
Sustainability
Using Chaos Theory to Revitalize Fisheries
There are fewer fish in the sea than ever. Complexity theory, argues mathematician George Sugihara, provides a counterintuitive way to revitalize the world's fisheries
Health
Can Fat Be Fit?
A well-publicized study and a spate of popular books raise questions about the ill effects of being overweight. Their conclusions are probably wrong
Mind
Kids on Meds -- Trouble Ahead
Antidepressants, designed for adults, may be altering the brains of kids who take them
The Sciences
Slow-Acting
After 25 years, the EPA still won't ban a risky pesticide
The Sciences
A Regulation on Regulations
An obscure law is evolving into a bludgeon against government regulation
The Sciences
Legislating Integrity
A small attempt to prevent political misuse of science
Sustainability
The End of Oil
Will Gas Lines in the Coming Decade Make Those of 1973 Look Short?
