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reportAug 21, 2007

How Gender Influences Health Searches

Now proven beyond a reasonable doubt: Women are more likely than men to look for health information online.
reportAug 20, 2007

Dr. Google and Dr. Microsoft

Keeping an eye on the Dr. Google vs. Dr. Microsoft horserace.
reportJul 26, 2007

Social Ties and Obesity

Loved ones not only influence your choice of school, car, or housing — they might influence your choices about smoking, exercise, and food, even if they live hundreds of miles away.
reportJul 18, 2007

“Good enough” technology

MP3s, dishwashers, can openers, and Twitter are examples of "good enough" technologies.
short readsJun 22, 2007

Support Stem Cell Research

That’s the proportion of the U.S. public that believes that it is more important to conduct stem cell research that may result in new medical cures than to avoid destroying the potential life of embryos involved in such research.
reportJun 13, 2007

The Darwin Debate

Twenty years after a landmark Supreme Court decision, Americans are still fighting over the teaching of creationism and other alternatives to evolution in the nation’s schools.
reportJun 13, 2007

Online Patient Groups

12% of internet users participate in an online patient group.
fact sheetJun 13, 2007

Twenty Years After a Landmark Supreme Court Decision, Americans Are Still Fighting About Evolution

by David Masci, Senior Research Fellow, Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life Twenty years ago, on June 19, 1987, the Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling that dramatically reshaped the debate over teaching evolution in public schools. In Edwards v. Aguillard, the high court struck down a Louisiana law requiring that schools teach creation […]
reportMay 22, 2007

Health Data Geeks’ Wisdom

Cancer “weather maps,” the age of biology, and how cell-only adults really are different from landline users.
reportMay 16, 2007

An Evolving Debate about Evolution

The evolution controversy, traditionally a state and local issue, has vaulted into the national political arena, making a surprise appearance at the first Republican presidential candidate debate on May 3 and garnering a large amount of press attention

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How Gender Influences Health Searches

Dr. Google and Dr. Microsoft

“Good enough” technology

Support Stem Cell Research

The Darwin Debate

Twenty Years After a Landmark Supreme Court Decision, Americans Are Still Fighting About Evolution

Health Data Geeks’ Wisdom

An Evolving Debate about Evolution