Do women take their husband's surname after marriage because of biology?

Apr 07, 2016 05:24 am UTC| Life

Society is gradually shifting towards gender equality. Yet most of us still carry a badge of differential gender roles that is intimately tied up in our identity: our names. Throughout the English-speaking world, most...

Fewer poor students are being enrolled in state universities. Here's why

Apr 07, 2016 05:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

States have traditionally provided funding for public colleges and universities based on a combination of the number of students enrolled and how much money they were allocated previously. But, in the face of...

'Temptress' Eve, 'prostitute' Mary Magdalene – and the awkward truth about women in The Bible

Apr 07, 2016 03:03 am UTC| Life

The most well-known female biblical characters feel familiar to us because theyre so embedded within our culture. These women are represented in film, music videos, couture collections and featured in everything from plays...

No garden? Five creative ways city dwellers can still grow their own

Apr 05, 2016 13:18 pm UTC| Life Nature

With more people than ever living in cities, how do we reconcile our need for fresh fruit and vegetables with the challenges of life in an urban environment where the time and space for gardening are...

Why did early human societies practice violent human sacrifice?

Apr 04, 2016 23:53 pm UTC| Life

Illustration of ritualised human sacrifice in traditional Hawaiian culture, as documented by the French explorer and artists Jaques Arago in 1819. Arago, Jacques. (1822). Promenade autour du monde: pendant les années...

'What has happened to the American Dream?'

Apr 04, 2016 23:48 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

Up for discussion on Tuesday at 11 PM Eastern/10 PM Central on PBS and at pbs.org is the health of the American Dream. Is it dead or alive? University of Texas Austins Mechele Dickerson has been researching three of...

What's the backlash against gender-neutral bathrooms all about?

Apr 04, 2016 16:38 pm UTC| Life Politics

Last week North Carolina became the first state to pass a law requiring transgender individuals (including students) to use only bathrooms that match their biological (rather than identified) gender. They did so in...