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What Happens to Sons Who Lose Their Dads
Men and women respond to the deaths of their mothers and fathers differently. Here's a breakdown of the data that predicts how each gender handles grief.
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Data Shows How Fatherhood Alters Male Biology
Men experience neurobiological and physiological changes to prime them for fatherhood—not unlike how women’s bodies prepare them for motherhood.
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The Science of Dad, in Three Charts
There’s ample research out there on the Father Effect. Here’s the data that supports it.
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The Case for Masturbating in Moderation
Masturbating won't cause prostate cancer or harm your sperm count, studies have shown. But it might not make you happy.
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We Ran the Numbers on Sexism....
And the results were not at all reassuring. See you at sensitivity counseling!
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Infertility by the Numbers
Misconceptions about conception abound. Here's the data that would-be parents can use to understand their experience.
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Why Your Kid Probably Shouldn’t Switch Schools
Data suggests students perform poorly when they have to switch schools, even when those cases of student mobility are due to graduating elementary school and moving on to junior high.
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Why Dad Might Need to Take Away Mom’s Coffee
Obesity risk and the caffeine intake of mothers are strongly correlated. And coffee doesn't mix well with pregnancy.
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Cigarettes Are Worse, But Vaping Still Sucks
E-cigarettes aren’t safe for your kids and aren’t safe around your kids. And we can prove it.
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What Percentage of High Schoolers Are Sexually Active?
Parents have a tendency to overestimate how much sex teenagers are having, but the reality is concerning for different reasons.
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Don't Let Weight-Loss Supplements Into Your Home
Weight-loss supplements are ineffective and contain all sorts of surprise ingredients. So the serious risk they pose to families is difficult to justify.
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Vaccine Madness is Triggering a National Crisis
Vaccines save millions of lives each year, but vaccine skeptics are pushing back. Here's the data behind one of the most important public health issues of our time.
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Raising American Kids Can Cost As Much as a Yacht
Data from the USDA suggests that Americans spend $15,000 per kid, per year (mainly for food and housing but, increasingly, for childcare) on top of the astronomical expenses of giving birth.
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Coed Or Single-Sex School? Scientists Don’t Know
We wish we could help, but even scientific studies on the prudence of sending your kids to single-sex schools tend to swing both ways.
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