The moment when deaths will overtake births in low-fertility Europe is very close.
It also gives them a better chance of a successful marriage.
A large international study corrects media stereotype of male attitudes.
A study using Google Earth images finds that cattle automatically point north.
'He who sings frightens away his ills,' said Cervantes. And researchers say he was right.
An Iraqi girl aged 15 is sent to her death by relatives -- if all is as it seems.
Too much, too soon, too expensive - and largely unproven, say experts.
University leaders think lowering the drinking age might help…
An Egyptian mother wanted a son - and got four, plus three more daughters.
The demand for treatment is doubling every year as Australian kids grow fatter.
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Childhood’s End Britain is the worst country in the Western world in which to be a child, according to a recent UNICEF report. | City Journal
Population games Counting people to control the future leads to eugenics and coercion. | New Matilda
Why Safe Kids Are Becoming Fat Kids Risk is important in child development. | Wall Street Journal
Plight of the Little Emperors Coddled from infancy and raised to be academic machines, China's only children expect the world. | Psychology Today
Ignore this missive from our downbeat doctors The British Medical Journal’s insistence that people should have fewer children speaks to our misanthropic, Malthusian, baby-fearing times. | Spiked
The pornification of girlhood Girls and their bodies have borne the brunt of 20th century social change, and we ignore that fact at our peril. | Quadrant Magazine
From power suits to pinnies The dream of being a corporate high-flyer is losing its appeal for women with children. | Times Online
Let My People Go, AIDS Profiteers HIV/AIDS in Uganda is rising because faithfulness and abstinence are no longer stressed. | Washington Post
No Country for Young Men If 10 percent of Chinese men will be unable to find wives, what will China be like? | The New Republic
After the pregnancy pact, the blame game Did 18 teenage girls from one high school deliberately set out to get pregnant at the same time? | London Times
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Is Georgia the first cyberwar? Talk of a new era of war over the internet is just overheated rhetoric. John Bambenek | 30 Aug 2008
A new oath for doctors: the customer is always right Conscientious objection is becoming harder and harder for doctors in the United States, Canada and Britain. Lea Singh | 29 Aug 2008
Raising boys A mother and paediatrician writes about what sons need from parents, and how families and culture often shortchange young men. Rebecca Walberg | 27 Aug 2008
Homeschooling: a learning experience for the whole family It was a lot harder than I imagined, but the reasons for educating our children at home were compelling. Mary Cooney | 26 Aug 2008
Georgia and Kosovo: an intertwined crisis To understand what happened in Georgia, remember what happened nine years ago in Kosovo. George Friedman | 26 Aug 2008
Dispelling Beijing’s haze China's pollution is generated by the world's demand for its cheap manufactured goods. Brian Lilley | 26 Aug 2008
Stressed out warriors Women veterans of the Iraq war are experiencing health problems in high numbers, but it's nothing that a bit of support cannot fix, says a researcher. Carolyn Moynihan | 23 Aug 2008
Sport can lift us higher Faster, higher, stronger: the motto of the modern Olympics gives us noble aspirations to live by. Alistair Nicholas | 21 Aug 2008
China: A Wolf in the World? A former British diplomat who witnessed the cultural revolution first hand attempts to decode the enigma of China. Francis Phillips | 21 Aug 2008
In the Blink of an Eye A Nigerian TV host who is not afraid of being politically incorrect. Nwachukwu Egbunike | 21 Aug 2008
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