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Last week during President Obama’s State of The Union address he made the claim that women workers make 77 cents for every dollar that men make. It was one of the President’s largest applause lines indicating most in the audience … Continue reading →

On a day as forced and manipulated by corporations and multimedia companies as Valentines, there are deals galore from chocolate, to booze. But does this drastic shift in prices correlate with the season of those in love, or the loveless? … Continue reading →

Tomorrow evening, millions of people will tune in to watch the forty-eighth Super Bowl between the Seahawks and the Broncos. Some will do it because they are fans of one of the teams that are playing, many will do it … Continue reading →

  This article, from a British national newspaper, caught my eye yesterday: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/10607071/Fifth-of-unemployment-benefit-claimants-have-criminal-record-say-new-figures.html The article describes a study done by the UK government which compared information contained in court records and national law enforcement databases with names appearing on government … Continue reading →

For the travelers out there, It is more than likely you have witnessed how locals often despise tourists. I wonder if this is a correlation or causation scenario. As I sit here before my pint of beer pondering this question, … Continue reading →

Most people will associate 1.6 billion people with the word “China.” Chinese Spring Festival, the most important holiday in the year, can make over 250 million people to use public transportation to go back to their hometown. Those people who … Continue reading →

http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-blog/red-meat/bgp-20056277 There seems to be more and more literature on how bad red meat is for humans and the increased risk of heart disease it causes.  Does red meat really cause heart disease or is it something else?  My paternal … Continue reading →

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2069018/Teenage-sex-affects-mood-brain-development-reproductive-tissues-later-life.html This article I found tries to show a link between early sexual activity and bad mood later on in life. To study and prove this correlation the researchers used hamsters as a replacement of humans. The problem with this … Continue reading →

I am from Washington and I am one of the many people that live there that has quite bad allergies. Without pseudoephedrine, an allergy medicine, my allergies are out of control at certain points in the year. When I was … Continue reading →

People often get confused with correlation and causation. Because variable A is correlated with a variable B, that does not mean A causes B. It could mean that B causes A, A causes B, or it could be a case … Continue reading →