Science Fact: City crime is something you’d like to know about before visiting or moving to a new place. Today’s post describes the factors underlying city crime, especially violent crime. On Thursday we’ll continue by actually rating cities on their … Continue reading
Science Fact: Babies cry at night to keep their parents from having sex. Scheming babies? That’s crazy! Isn’t it? Babies do learn remarkably quickly. Japanese psychologists observed a baby as young as seven months engage in fake crying to get … Continue reading
Science Fact: Travel fatalities are a concern to many of us who want to reduce our risk of serious accident when we travel by car, aircraft or cruise ship. This post looks at the data and the science, then gives … Continue reading
Science Fact: Prediction promises us the big answers: Will the stock market hit 35,000? Who will win the World Series? Will the Russians invade Crimea? (Oh, wait, that already happened.) Prediction also offers us practical advice: You can’t tune into … Continue reading