The widespread perception that only women suffer from eating disorders has ill-effects on men who also suffer from problems such as anorexia and bulimia.
Hard Evidence: Can Dropping Out of University be Positive?
Studies conducted in the UK do not find any differences between university dropouts and non-dropouts in terms of their employment chances and likelihood to be working in a managerial position.
Have We Lost the Human in the Humanities?
The study of humanities ignores living people. Mikhail Epstein calls out for a new humanities that seeks to transform the human condition.
A Rethink is Needed on how to Handle Trafficked and Migrant Children
The transnational movement of children and their protection has to be addressed more broadly than the current restrictive interpretations of trafficking can allow.
Hard Evidence: Are We Beating Cancer?
Research has already helped save nearly 520,000 lives since the 1980s, and over the next 20 years mortality rates are projected to fall by 17%.
Relaxing Zero Tolerance in Schools Could be Obama’s Boldest Civil Rights Reform
Can President Obama break the school-to-prison pipeline? Paul Thomas investigates.
Same-Sex Marriage: Once More Down the Aisle, But Now is the Time to Celebrate
BREAKING: Same-sex marriage is now legal in England and Wales.
The Tough Road to a Trade Deal Between the US and Europe
When the EU-US summit kicks off in Brussels this week, the prospects of a new trade deal will be jostling for attention with events in Ukraine.
Couples Where Mothers Earn More Are No More Likely to Split
Fears about women earning more reflect theories, anxieties and myths about what makes a relationship strong.
Austerity Led to a Rise in Male Suicide—It Wasn’t Inevitable
A 20-year decline in suicide in the UK came to an end in 2007. Since then the suicide rate has been rising, especially among men, who are three times more likely than women to take their own lives.
Pill-Popping Nation: Half of U.S. Adults to Be Eligible for Statins
Nearly 13m more adults in the US will be eligible for statins after new guidelines widened the criteria for use of the drugs to treat high cholesterol and prevent heart attacks and strokes; but experts question at what risk.
Flight MH370: Why does the Media Show Relatives who are in Emotional Turmoil?
The scenes in Kuala Lumpur are harrowing. While desperate relatives wait for news, seemingly callous reporters crowd around them, taking photographs, filming tears and thrusting microphones into their faces.
There are Fewer than 100 Black Professors in Britain – Why?
Also, in Britain there is not a single institution that has a degree programme in Black British studies.
Nothing Wrong with a Digital Detox but Wired Nature is Better
So are we kidding ourselves that handing in our phones at the door and spending a weekend gambolling in a forest will free us from the thrall of technology? Perhaps.
Online Learning Pioneer Slams Ban on Iranian, Cuban, Sudanese Students
EdX founder hits back at US state department for blocking certain countries from the platform’s courses.
Ukraine Crisis: Crimea is to all Intents and Purposes Russian
As the ultra-right and neo-Nazi thuggery of the Kievan fringes has spread to Sevastopol and Simferopol, Crimea’s political status as a proxy in struggles between Russia, the EU and the US has taken the spotlight off the plight of its inhabitants.