Lonely teens don’t all reach for social media

Facebook isn't always the go-to coping strategy of lonely teens, research in France shows.

Angie Hunt-Iowa State • futurity
June 6, 2019 ~3 min

How the bicycle shifted labor, technology, and marriage

Historian David Ortiz explains how the bicycle reshaped culture around the world and suggests it could do so again soon.

Alexis Blue-U. Arizona • futurity
May 30, 2019 ~1 min


OB-GYN offices might want more images of fathers

A few subtle cues in the OB-GYN waiting room could get fathers more involved in prenatal care.

Megan Schumann-Rutgers • futurity
May 28, 2019 ~4 min

Masculinity class for boys could prevent violence

Most dating violence research focuses on high school and college students, but teaching middle schools guys about masculinity pays off, say researchers.

Megan Schumann-Rutgers • futurity
May 22, 2019 ~2 min

Add-on text cuts gender bias in course evaluations

A simple intervention could make course evaluations more fair for women instructors of college classes.

Angie Hunt-Iowa State • futurity
May 16, 2019 ~5 min

How stereotypes sap power from female presidents

In democracies around the world, gender stereotypes make being president a whole lot tougher for women.

Anna Varela - Georgia State • futurity
May 7, 2019 ~3 min

Preserve fertility? Trans teens face tough decision

Pediatric cancer patients receive counseling about fertility preservation. Trans teens in transition need to have those same discussions.

Kristin Samuelson-Northwestern • futurity
April 22, 2019 ~5 min

Society’s gender expectations alter brain cells

"We are just starting to understand and study the ways in which gender identity, rather than sex, may cause the brain to differ in males and females..."

Anna Varela - Georgia State • futurity
April 17, 2019 ~4 min


Weight bias spikes after celebrity fat-shaming

When the media shame celebrities like Kourtney Kardashian or Tyra Banks for their bodies, it affects how regular women regard "fat" and "thin."

Katherine Gombay-McGill • futurity
April 15, 2019 ~3 min

Boys aren’t born with better spatial reasoning

The gap between men and women in spatial reasoning has more to do with nurture than nature, research suggests.

Carol Clark-Emory • futurity
April 15, 2019 ~5 min

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