February 2011
“There’s something about the important people... →
psychotherapy:
Emerging research suggests couples’ abilities to bounce back from conflict may depend on what both partners were like as infants.
The study, published in the journal Psychological Science, is an outgrowth of studies on how couples fight.
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have been following a cohort of people since before they were born, in the mid-1970s. When the...
Obama administration to end enforcement of Defense... →
theatlantic:
President Obama believes that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and will no longer defend the 15-year-old law in federal court, the Justice Department announced today.
The decision, which stunned and delighted gay rights activists, means that the administration will withdraw its defense of ongoing suits in two federal appeals circuits and will leave it to Congress to...
Planet could be 'unrecognizable' by 2050, experts... →
soupsoup:
The United Nations has predicted the global population will reach seven billion this year, and climb to nine billion by 2050, “with almost all of the growth occurring in poor countries, particularly Africa and South Asia,” said John Bongaarts of the non-profit Population Council.
To feed all those mouths, “we will need to produce as much food in the next 40 years as we have in the...
