Biology in the News Explained

Heterosexual marriage should not be legal

There are legal reasons to get married, and there are private reasons. Why can't we just keep them separate?

We won’t fix math education without fixing math stigma

Americans lag behind other countries in math ability for one simple reason that all the government commissions in the world won't solve — because in America, it's cool to hate math.

Economics and the environment, part 1

Although most free-market policy ideas will never be good for conservation, cap and trade actually has been shown to work spectacularly. Too bad it's not right-wing enough an idea anymore to be implemented.

Adapt public education to individuals, not demographics

Those obsessed with imagined (and completely unsubstantiated) gender differences in learning are threatening our educational system by integrating blatant sexism into it.