Public Choice in Political Science: We Don't Teach It, But We Publish It

Erythema nodosum :what should we consider about it?

Life, but not as we know it.

Living systems are perhaps the most fascinating examples of chemistry in action. Molecules assemble into biomachinery that can carry out complex tasks, making life possible. But how did it all begin? This question can be tackled from a geological perspective by surveying the possible conditions under which key biomolecules might have emerged on early Earth. Alternatively, a systems-biology appr...

We Prefer Sons But Does It Matter

Highly imbalanced sex ratios suggest that Asian families prefer sons. This preference may be expressed as reduction in parental investment in daughters when a younger son is born. This study investigates the gender effect of a younger sibling on older daughter's schooling. We construct a unique dataset linking national administrative data on college entrance examinations (CET) to birth registry...

Life, but not as we know it

species of chameleon, Furcifer labordi, in Madagascar that spends most of its life as an egg. in Madagascar and the American Museum of Natural History in New York, have found a chameleon with a remarkable lifestyle and report the results in the latest issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (published online). Although there are almost limitless theoretical combinations of ...

We have it easy , but do we have it right ? Todd

We show two severe problems with the state-of-the-art in empirical computer system performance evaluation, observer effect and measurement context bias, and we outline the path toward a solution.