For people who can't access the study through their school, workplace, or public library, here is the abstract:

I love this to. I have a friend with a cat called Jerome, and I can not get enough of calling that cat by it's name. I'm sure that this isn't nearly as witty as I think it is, but to me, it's instant humour.

I agree - I love how the paleness of the organs and the clothing against the green of the water, and the textures that resemble each other in the clothing, organs, and fish). I'm sure that there is a lot to it that I don't get, but it's at least very intriguing and very beautiful.

Meh - sidewalks in my area are blocked all the time and by all kinds of people: groups of friends walking side-by side, couples holding hands and somehow managing to block the space, homeless people trying to hold on to their stuff, people walking their unruly dogs around, people biking on sidewalks... I think that…

This! Plus, strollers seem like high-tech affairs, so I'm not surprised that the actual craftsmanship involved would raise the prices quite a bit.

I really don't get the idea that expensive strollers are something that only wealthy people own or need. Most of the parents in my social circle are far from wealthy - they worry about making rent payments, food bills, affording day-care, and so on - but they all own good strollers. The strollers in question are…

This - and well said!

Going on (sorry! one last point!)

As someone who secretely wants girls more than boys (to my great shame), and who loves beans and hard cheeses but hates bananas: thank you!

I've heard of a similar study coming out a few years ago on the connection between maternal diet (pre, and especially during pregnancy) and children's odds of developing diabetes as teenagers or young adults. Basically, it argued that children who had similar genetic risk factors and similar diets were at far greater…

Epidemiological-historical studies of famine survivors and their descendants suggest that certain experiences can have impacts that last for multiple generations - so a really long-time!

A new twist on an old classic!

First, a disclaimer: I totally agree with many of the critiques already posted here about the idea that women's medical care and life-style in general should be predicated on the possibility that they will eventually become pregnant. We are actual, living people, with an interest in being able to control our bodies,…

I don't have the recipe around with me, but one step that I use at home is to wrap the lentil patty in something (I keep a bottle of marinated vine leaves around, it's fairly cheap and they keep for a long time) before roasting it; by the time the charred leaves start to fall apart, the patty is already partly cooked…

My cats do the same thing when I take showers. You would expect the novelty to wear off after a few years of seeing me do the same thing every night, but no, The Human Stands in Water for Five to Ten Minutes remains the best show around. I wonder what it is about water that fascinates them so much.

This! I'm not a huge fan of tofu (it can be delicious but making it taste good requires some skill and practice), but tofu cutlets take five minutes to make, a few hours to marinate, and taste better than most veggie-dogs and veggie-burgers out there!

My family seems to feel the same way - every time that I see my grandmother, she will realize that I'm not having meat, and ask when I will go back to a normal diet (it's been 15 years and I am happy, so, barring bizarre and unforeseen health problems: never). The funny thing is that she always seems so hopeful that…

On a related note - google-imaging "cat lady" brings up a surprisingly varied results, most of them unsettling, albeit for surprisingly varied reasons.

I thought that we had found a solution to that particular problem a few millennia ago.

The expression on its face makes things so much worse - it's clearly pondering our demise while rubbing its little hands together.