Bob CollinsDanish researchers report today that men in same-sex marriages are living longer. But it also says mortality rates among married lesbians have begun to rise after a long period of decline.
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Tag: Science
Chris Hadfield, a flight engineer on the International Space Station at the moment, continues to prove he is — as I described last month — ‘the coolest astronaut in history.’
James Robert Deaner, of Grand Valley State University, was setting out to find if there was a link between a hockey player’s facial shape and aggression and where he was drafted in the National Hockey League draft, when he discovered something else: There’s an apparent link between the month in which they were born and Read more →
The story out of Florida today is a horrific one. A man was in his bad around 11 p.m., when the earth opens up and swallows him. Jeffrey Bush, 37, is presumed dead below his home near Tampa.
North Dakota’s secret to low teen pregnancy rates: oil
Nate Minor
There are no molecules in space, being a vacuum and all, so sound can’t travel. Now scientists have created a satellite out of a smartphone to see if that’s really true.
It’s more than just men’s physical strength that leads to their superior throwing ability, argues sociologist Lisa Wade.
If last evening’s meteor in Siberia has you yearning to take a look at what happens when a meteorite hits earth, you can save yourself some time and just head up north in Minnesota.
The meteor was traveling an estimated 33,000 miles per hour. That’s a lot of energy converted to a shock wave.
Enough, from it appears, to register in South Dakota’s Black Hills, too.
Here’s my theory: The bigger public spectacle you make of your wedding proposal, the shorter your marriage.
A giant leap
Timewasters: Eagle cam
What’s up, moose?
Return of the bird ballet