Should you be digitally fasting this Lent?
Cellphone image via www.shutterstock.com
Heidi A. Campbell, Texas A&M University
Digital fasting during Lent has become popular. Technology, in fact, can be good for religion.
|
|
|
Health + Medicine
|
-
Thomas Bartosh, Texas A&M University
After treatment for breast cancer, many women receive the news that they are cancer-free. In many cases, the disease will come back. How and why does that happen? New findings offer an explanation.
-
Neel Shah, Harvard Medical School
Childbirth in the U.S. can be dangerous and dehumanizing. An ob/gyn who traveled recently to India to review childbirth there says the U.S. and India fall short in similar ways.
|
|
Economy + Business
|
-
Gleb Tsipursky, The Ohio State University
Should you go with your gut when hiring an employee or making another decision on the job? The research suggests that in most cases, probably not.
-
Melissa Wheeler, University of Melbourne; Victor Sojo, University of Melbourne
There are many instances where underrepresented groups may be unwittingly discriminated against in recruitment due to affinity bias.
|
|
Stories of note
|
-
Robert Kopp, Rutgers University
A researcher on sea level rise and climate change impacts reviews Kim Stanley Robinson's new novel, 'New York 2140,' which envisions the city's future in the face of extreme sea-level rise.
-
Stuart Shalat, Georgia State University
Artificial turf has become popular for kids' sports as well as for professional players. The little black crumbs that help support the blades of fake grass may not be so harmless.
-
Rose Hendricks, University of California, San Diego
Are we in a race against climate change? Or is it a war? How does thinking of the past or the future affect your support for the science? Researchers are learning how metaphors and context matter.
-
Randy Stein, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Our morals compel us toward helping our team win. This can turn even otherwise innocuous decisions into 'us vs. them.'
|
|