Washington, DC, USA. A report released by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute finds that the K-12 science standards of most states remain mediocre to failing, questioning the viability of America’s scientific leadership, technological prowess, and commercial position.

Since the Sputnik launch of 1957, Americans have regarded science education as crucial to our national security and economic competitiveness.

London, United Kingdom. Women understand how testosterone affects behavior but the lack of hard scientific data relegates female insights to the social margins, a situation subject to change as scientific interest has ramped up in recent years.

Recent research shows how testosterone can make an individual overvalue their own opinions at the expense of cooperation, leading affected individuals to dominate group decisions.

Indianapolis, IN, USA. Law enforcement officials say the parties leading up to football’s biggest game attract human traffickers who coerce adults and children into prostitution.

Although some doubt there is a link between big sporting events and trafficking, the concern was enough for Indiana to update its laws ahead of this Sunday’s Super Bowl.

Lancaster, PA, USA. Among Republicans, it’s axiomatic: Protracted presidential primary battles in the spring tend to hurt the party’s chances for victory in the fall.

This year, however, that hoary maxim seems to have been turned on its head by the newer GOP conventional wisdom that prolonged nomination contests lead to stronger, battle-tested nominees who win in the fall.

Manchester, UK, USA. I used to think the world divided into male and female, but now I know that there is a far more fundamental division into those who control their destiny and those who hand it over to others.

I will use the words Dominant and Submissive in this article to describe the two distinct categories. It is a naive belief of a Submissive that their submission will always achieve a result that is in their best interest and that the person to whom they handed control will resist an op

Washington, DC, USA. From the viewpoint of evolutionary biology, if such a thing can be said to have a viewpoint, the female body is designed to attract and retain, if possible, the male. Similarly, the male body has evolved to be sexually attractive to the female.

That is the way of the world. The way of primates and most all of the creatures on this planet, God or no. The human way.