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Hey! I miss you! 6 Aug 2011 | 01:47 am
Dear Context and Variation readers, I miss you. A lot. I used to love all our fun conversations in the comments, and what cool ideas and questions you had. I know I moved, and I know there is a gated...
Off to bloggier pastures: bringing ladybusiness to the SciAm Network 7 Jul 2011 | 01:00 am
If you're on Twitter or read any other science blogs, by now you know that the Scientific American Blog Network has launched. And, I'm pleased to say that I am a part of it! Context and Variation has ...
Summer of the pill: Will the pill mess up my ability to detect my One True Love? 2 Jul 2011 | 01:46 pm
Should I advise recently single ScarJo to stay off the pill to find her next beau? From here. Imagine you are a single, heterosexual woman. You meet a nice man at the driving range, or on a blind dat...
Summer of the Pill: The latest fashion accessory to hit your uterus: the IUD! 25 Jun 2011 | 03:22 pm
Found here. IUDs are back in style. Neon sunglasses? Not so much. What is used by 20-26% of European, 30% of Israeli, 34% of Chinese, 34% of Egyptian, and 49% of Korean women… but only 1-2% of US wom...
C&V Shorts: Make the most of your time and energy 22 Jun 2011 | 02:29 pm
This is the first in a new series at Context and Variation where I will attempt to be more concise. As I continue along the Summer of the Pill series I want to make sure I still put some attention on ...
Summer of the Pill: Why do we menstruate? 18 Jun 2011 | 02:00 am
This is part of my Summer of the Pill series, where I will answer a question about the birth control pill every week for the summer. I will try and make them shorter than my usual posts. Please rememb...
Summer of the Pill 15 Jun 2011 | 03:19 am
It’s summertime, and as we shed our winter layers thoughts turn not only to love and sex, but also regulating menstrual cycles, understanding premenstrual syndrome, and potential population variation ...
Why it's cool to be a scientist (especially an anthropologist) 10 Jun 2011 | 08:19 am
From here. This month, I am taking part in I'm a Scientist, Get Me Out of Here! which is a program that links up teenage students with scientists all over the world. We put together bios, answer ques...
Around the web: belated mother's day edition 7 Jun 2011 | 05:19 am
Apologies for the re-post, it was the only way to save the post and comments with the correct tags after the Blogger meltdown the other day! I've been accumulating a lot of mother-y links lately, tho...
Do girls steal some of their mother’s beauty? Sex bias in parental investment 18 May 2011 | 11:05 am
Sons and daughters and differential parental investment One of my favorite rhetorical tricks is asking my students a question that has an obvious answer based on cultural expectations, but is wrong. ...
