Blood-flow-restricted training: a new way to boost muscle performance

Jul 03, 2019 20:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Strapping a band tightly around your limbs to reduce blood flow while training may seem like an odd way to boost athletic performance, but our latest study suggests that it does just that. In our study, we show that if...

Male nonprofit CEOs earn more – but the problem runs deeper than a simple gender pay gap

Jul 03, 2019 20:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business

Although about three out of every four Americans working for nonprofits are women, men hold a disproportional share of the highest-paid nonprofit jobs. Whats more, the share of women in top management jobs decreases as...

Men do see the mess – they just aren't judged for it the way women are

Jul 03, 2019 20:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

On a typical day, men spend a third as much time cleaning as women. Does that make women beacons of cleanliness, while men are genetically unable to see the messiness in their midst? This myth is a common explanation...

It takes years to fully recover from big storms like Sandy

Jul 03, 2019 20:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy

The 2012 hurricane widely known as Superstorm Sandy left at least an estimated 325,000 New Jersey homes damaged or destroyed. Nearly seven years later, many of the New Jersey residents who have not fully recovered have to...

Flying colors: Researcher reveals hidden world through the eyes of butterflies

Jul 03, 2019 20:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science

An award-winning scientist and professor of evolutionary biology, Adriana Briscoe studies the evolution of vision in butterflies and how they see color. Briscoe is currently working on her first book, which is a memoir...

Will they ever wake up? New study on consciousness after brain injury shows 'maybe'

Jul 03, 2019 20:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Acute brain injury can result in significant damage and loss of consciousness, warranting life support and admission to an intensive care unit. A complex journey toward recovery begins, sometimes involving daily...

Why it matters that more athletes are talking about their mental health

Jul 03, 2019 20:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views Sports

The great basketball writer Jackie MacMullan recently stood at the front of a hotel ballroom in Tampa taking questions after collecting a career achievement award from the Association for Women in Sports Media. I was in...