The Researchers Who Want Dads-to-Be to Stop Drinking - The Atlantic

Do Drunk Mice Sire Weird-Looking Offspring? – Quentin André

A recent piece in The Atlantic argues fathers-to-be should abstain from alcohol when trying to conceive. The science that underpins this recommendation has some issues.

Ten fathers took extended leave to care for their babies – how their family life changed

Fathers became more involved in the often invisible domestic work needed to keep family life running smoothly.

How Men’s Bodies Change When They Become Fathers (Published 2020)

Hint: They don’t just get “dad bods.”

History, Sugar and Sex: Why Mixed Drinks Were Terrible for 30 Years

Imagine you are overworked, sleep-deprived and keen to begin your weekend with...

Remember when a glass of wine a day was good for you? Here’s why that changed.

It seems like opinions on the health benefits of booze are shifting. Suddenly moderate drinking is unhealthy. What happened?

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Designing Freedom

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Academia: Go Into Plasticity

Thursday’s Child Has Far to Go

Academia: The Evolving Case For Reading

Thursday's Child Has Far to Go

Locating Family Values: A Field Trial of the Whereabouts Clock: (Nominated for the Best Paper Award)

Open source confronts its midlife crisis | The Observation Deck

Midlife is tough: the idealism of youth has faded, as has inevitably some of its fitness and vigor. At the same time, the responsibilities of adulthood have grown: the kids that were such a fresh adventure when they were infants and toddlers are now grappling with their own transition into adulthood – and you try to remind yourself that the kids that you have sacrificed so much for probably don’t actually hate your guts, regardless of that post they just liked on the ‘gram. Making things more challenging, while you are navigating the turbulence of teenagers, your own parents are likely entering life’s twilight, needing help in new ways from their adult children. By midlife, in addition to the singular joys of life, you have also likely experienced its terrible sorrows: death, heartbreak, betrayal. Taken together, the fading of youth, the growth in responsibility and the endurance of misfortune can lead to cynicism or (worse) drastic and poorly thought-out choices. Add in a little fear of mortality and some existential dread, and you have the stuff of which midlife crises are made…

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