Too Many Pictures In Your Young Reader Book Hurts Learning.

Credit: © junce11 / Fotolia Mother and son reading together. Having fewer illustrationcan lead to better word learning among pre-schoolers.Picture overload hinders children's word learning from storybooksLess is more when it comes to helping...

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The New Sesame Street Julia Doll: An Autistic Review

Kris Guinqueerability.tumblr.comUpdate August 6, 2019: The author no longer supports Sesame Street's "See Amazing" project because of their promotion of Autism Speaks. Please also note the following insights from Cal Montgomery:If you have a Julia doll,...

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Your Hand Strength, Marriage Prospects and Mortality

Credit: © saksit / Fotolia Your handshake says something about your marriage prospects.Get a grip: What your hand strength saysabout your marriage prospects and mortalityGrip strength is an established measure of health and haspreviously been...

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Selfishness Makes the Brain Lazy; Egoists Don't Think About The Future

Careers.Morgan McKinleySo many characters in fiction are egotistical, self-centered and annoying.  An egoist makes a great character to play with, to throw into conflict with others, and to use to drive story. This little bit of science shows...

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New 1 in 59 CDC Autism Prevalence Rates Approach Reality

Shannon Des Roches RosaToday the CDC released new autism prevalence numbers of 1 in 59, or 1.7%. As we wrote in 2014 after the CDC adjusted its autism prevalence rate to 1 in 68, it's important to keep calm and think critically about what these readjusted...

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Many Hurricane Harvey Deaths in Houston Occurred Outside a Flood Zone

Source:  Temblor.netThis Temblor map shows the FEMA flood map for the city of Houston. While not specifically designed for the impacts ofhurricanes, this map highlights how susceptible to floodingHouston, the fourth largest city in the country,...

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On Hans Asperger, the Nazis, and Autism: A Conversation Across Neurologies

by Maxfield Sparrow and Steve SilbermanHow complicit was Hans Asperger with the murderous eugenic policies of the Third Reich in his role as the head of the Children’s Clinic at University of Vienna in the 1930s and 1940s? This painful question, which...

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CRIME: Can Handwriting Experts be Trusted?

Source: Handwriting ForensicsOkay, crime writers, here's the latest group of experts whose expertise you can question.  Eye witness testimony is flawed, DNA evidence can and has led to false convictions, and forensic body identification is not as...

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Did the Dinosaurs Create an Industrial Civilization? How Would We Know?

Credit: University of Rochester illustration/Michael OsadciwHow do we really know there weren't previous industrial civilizations on Earth thatrose and fell long before human beings appeared? That's the question posed in ascientific thought experiment...

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Why The Bubbles in a Glass of Guinness Sink: The Math of the Perfect Pint.

To watch the bubbles in a pint of Guinness sink, click here.This is my kind of science.  As a bona fide stool holder with a personalized stein (Jacomus de'Paganus Fatuus) at a popular German tav, I know a good pint when I see one. But the question...

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