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Recent advances in high-throughput genomic technologies are showing concrete results in the form of an increasing number of genome-wide association studies and in the publication of comprehensive ...

Perhaps one of the most damaging misconceptions about the “sex talk” is that it should happen all at once. You sit your child down when you think they’re ready. You lay out the birds and the bees — ...

Editor’s Note: Assistant Editor Sarah Sparks covers education research. This analysis is part of a special report exploring pressing trends in education. Read the full report: 10 Big Ideas in ...

Biomedical research is being transformed through the application of information technologies that allow ever greater amounts of data to be shared on an unprecedented scale. However, the methods for ...

A new online sexual consent resource for Irish third-level institutions will be an "example of best practice" for the rest of the world, Further Education Minister Simon Harris has said. Mr Harris was ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Ebony Howard is a certified public accountant and a QuickBooks ProAdvisor tax expert. She ...

Rape (and sexual assault) in colloquial speech have connotations of sex by force or threat. But rape and sexual assault can occur without any force or threat. In “The Riddle of Rape-by-Deception and ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...