Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a retinal degenerative disorder that affects about 1 in 3,000 people. The disease is genetic in cause, and currently there is no cure. The genetic cause of the disease may be contributed to one ...

The gay rights movement is perhaps the most rapidly progressing social and political movement of our generation. Within a mere sixty years, gay rights advocates arrived at the Supreme Court in pursuit of national recognition ...

At the core of economics is the idea that humans behave rationally and will maximize their own utility in any given situation. Illegal behavior, then, can be hard to explain; a criminal must reason that breaking the law ...

While stress is a common experience, high levels of stress can be dangerous to both physical and mental health. Chronic stress is implicated in many psychological disorders such as generalized anxiety disorder, depression, ...

Throughout the twentieth century, the United States experienced vast changes such as large-scale immigration, world wars, and civil rights movements. The effects of these changes on minorities, women, and especially ...

Although the United States formally legalized abortion in January 1973, abortion regulation and policy has continued to be a center point of political and ethical controversy. This is due largely to the power given to ...

The image of the snake evokes the same terror and awe today as it did in the ancient Mediterranean world. In the mythology, literature, and religious traditions of the Greek and Roman sphere, snakes were understood to ...

Charles Dickens is one of the foremost authors of England’s Victorian era, and his works continued to be studied and enjoyed today. Through heart-wrenching depictions of oppression and injustice, Dickens conveyed his deep ...

In 2013, the King and Matson labs at Baylor University conducted an outdoor stream mesocosm study at the Baylor Experimental Aquatic Research (BEAR) facility using wastewater treatment plant effluent and P25 titanium dioxide ...

Hippotherapy has been used since the time of Hippocrates as a therapeutic treatment. Though not experimentally researched in Dravet Syndrome, there is reason to believe that hippotherapy would be beneficial to both the ...