Andy Dirks barreled into second base on Wednesday night. A short while later, his Detroit Tigers barreled into sole possession of first place in the AL Central.
It's too early to tell if Dirks' takeout slide on Kansas City second baseman Irving Falu will be featured in the highlight reel of a...
The women at the Democratic National Convention are quite simply kicking ass this week. First we had Nancy Keenan and Michelle Obama speaking on women's reproductive rights (something the Republicans were too cowardly to do). Then last night we watched Cecile Richards, the president of Planned...
Researchers have been working on this for a very long time and now they have finally achieved it: scientists at North Carolina State University have successfully remotely controlled cockroaches. Watch the video. It's both disgusting and impressive, but it could save your life one day. More »
book? (10 points!)? For my A-level coursework, we need to write a story on power and control/ influence and we can use ideas or influence from other books (like the The Reader, 1984, etc.).
From The Reader, what are the main example(s) of power?
:) Thanks all.
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This year's GOP platform is just full of interesting information, isn't it folks? We've learned that it includes a section on creating a Federal Personhood law that would outlaw all abortion, many popular forms of contraception, and severely limit access to in vitro fertilization. We've seen...
A lot of major women's magazines like to talk about sex, and some even discuss birth control options. But rarely do they take a stand in the politics of birth control access, abortion, or insurance coverage. So when Women's Health*launched a special report on birth control laws and your health...
Researchers reporting online in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, have for the first time shown that they can control the behavior of monkeys by using pulses of blue light to very specifically activate particular brain cells. The findings represent a key advance for optogenetics, a...
Yale School of Medicine researchers have found that intensively controlling glucose (glycemic) levels in type-2 diabetes patients may not reduce the risk of kidney failure. The study, which is a review of data from seven clinical trials, is published in the May 28 issue of Archives of Internal...
A study to evaluate birth control methods has found dramatic differences in their effectiveness. Women who used birth control pills, the patch or vaginal ring were 20 times more likely to have an unintended pregnancy than those who used longer-acting forms such as an intrauterine device (IUD) or...
ok so i started birth control sunday made me sick to my stomach yesterday didnt take it last night (stupid me) but my dr said the sickness wont last very long to atleast finish the first pack and then quit or think about switching, so idk what to do, do i throw away yesterdays pill? do i take...
ok so i started birth control sunday made me sick to my stomach yesterday didnt take it last night (stupid me) but my dr said the sickness wont last very long to atleast finish the first pack and then quit or think about switching, so idk what to do, do i throw away yesterdays pill? do i take...
Pregnancy should be a time to relax, put our swollen feet up and succumb to all those strange cravings--after all, we're eating for two, right? Not so, according to some researchers who not only think we should only be eating for one, but they also think it's safe for women to diet during...
Patients receiving telemonitoring along with high blood pressure management support from a pharmacist were more likely to lower their blood pressure than those not receiving extra support, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research...
The internet has been aflutter with arguments over whether Girls is the voice of a generation, as Lena Dunham's character Hanna memorably claims she might be. But when it comes to birth control and safe sex, the show is closer to the mark than we'd like to believe, at least according to a new...
I have had a Mariana (IUD) in since December 2010..so almost a year and a half. Well. I got it only because my periods were so heavy. I RARELY have sex. But one week ago I did have sex and we did not use any protection and he c*me in me but like I said I have the IUD. Well I have not had my...