Why do women live longer than men? Why do women have menopause? Why do girls score better at every academic subject than boys until puberty, when suddenly their scores plummet? And does the female brain really exist? Considering the science and data collection methods we currently have, it is somewhat of a wonder that there […]
Take a moment to appreciate the humble but essential set of muscles we call the pelvic floor. When the pelvic floor is working well, our bladder, bowels, and sexual functioning […]
Have you ever wondered what your nurses’ lives are like outside of the hospital? In a new memoir, Journal of a Black Queer Nurse, Nurse Britney Daniels divulges the details of her day-to-day life. From braving the front lines during the COVID-19 pandemic to giving her own clothes to a patient who was unhoused to transporting […]
Science and humanities are often considered to be mutually exclusive fields. Growing up, you are often advised to stick to one rather than the other, or told that you are “right-brained” as opposed to “left-brained,” or “Science minded” but not “creative.” Yet as we continue to see the ways sociology, psychology, and philosophy inform how we […]