Current Affairs

How should parents respond when their four years old son insists on wearing girls’ clothes, or their daughter switches to using a male version of their name? These are the questions increasingly being asked of family therapist Jean Malpas who writes in Family Process about a new approach to support parents with gender nonconforming and transgender children.

Independent and former Washington Post writer Michael Hill argues that all the myopic, profit-driven activities commonly practiced in today's economy are destroying long-term wealth building capacity and creating wealth disparity.

Research drawn from thousands of consumers provides unique new insight into the convergence of real and virtual life – including the impact of communications technology on families and individuals

At a time of increased cynicism toward elected and institutional leaders and increased action by citizen leaders who are fed up with the status quo, EVERYONE LEADS offers such leaders a roadmap to turn their passion into long-term change.

A report commissioned by the Royal Society of Canada, and published today in the journal Bioethics, claims that assisted suicide should be legally permitted for competent individuals who make a free and informed decision, while on both a personal and a national level insufficient plans and policies are made for the end of life.

New research into evolutionary psychology suggests that physical stature affects our preferences in political leadership. The paper, published in Social Science Quarterly, reveals that a preference for physically formidable leaders, or caveman politics, may have evolved to ensure survival in ancient human history.

A young scientist who led research into the use of stem cells from hair follicles to treat a ocular surface disease has been named the winner of the Young Investigator Award by the journal STEM CELLS. Dr. Ewa Meyer-Blazejewska will be presented with her award at The Stem Cell Symposium, hosted by the University of Kragujevac in Serbia on October 15, 2011. The $10,000 prize is awarded annually to a young scientist whose paper has been judged to be of worldwide significance by a global jury.

Money Expert Eric Tyson Clears Up the Latest Economic Misinformation

An insightful book on the new world being created by China's rise by someone who truly understands both China and the U.S. It includes a comprehensive view up to and including President Hu's visit to the U.S. in January 2011.

During the Age of Enlightenment our societies flourished, propelled by the wonder of new discoveries, radical ideas for economic and social development and a sense that we all had a responsibility to improve our world. In this thought-provoking, lively and entertaining book, Graeme Maxton looks at what brought us to this state and what we can do about it.

In the wake of the 10th Anniversary of the September 11th attacks, research published in the Journal of Traumatic Stress reveals how the attacks impacted the psychological processes of those not directly exposed to the event.