I recently received a text from my dead brother’s girlfriend. I still think of Dana as Junior’s girlfriend even though it’s been 15 years since he was killed. We’re not close anymore, but her daughter, who was conceived the week before he died, is my niece; we remain connected through the trauma we shared.
A new study suggests that the more biological older brothers a man has, the more likely he is to be gay, which researchers say supports the "nature-over-nurture" theory, or more commonly known as "born this way."
In a weird twist that maybe only further study and/or a Family Ties reboot can answer, the Global Post reports that according to a study in the new Journal of Politics, boys with only female siblings are 9.3% more likely to grow up and become Republicans. They're also less likely to help with chores, and become…
I didn't grow up with siblings anywhere near my age, so I have no idea what it feels like to have some dickhead who looks like you constantly slamming doors and touching your stuff. (Or, conversely, to be that dickhead. Or both. Whatever.) And I was always jealous of people who did—like, maybe if I'd grown up with…
It's not often that you associate a pack of frat boys with a campaign to raise awareness about sexual abuse and violence against women, but sometimes life offers up a nice surprise. This group of fraternity brothers at Western Kentucky University got together to walk—or at least try to walk—a mile while wearing pairs…
A new study shows that male rats raised with lots of sisters are less attractive to lady rats. So is this research applicable to humans?
A new study shows that adolescent siblings who respect each other's boundaries have a better relationship. While this isn't too earth-shattering, it's interesting that scientists are looking at sibling-relationship quality at all.
Critics praise the performances in Brothers, particularly Tobey Maguire's, who, it seems, they underestimated after seeing Spider-Man. As a whole, however, reviewers say the domestic war drama Brothers falls short of the Danish film it's based on.
Are first-borns really smarter — or more stubborn — than their siblings? A piece in the London Times questions whether birth order really affect IQ or personality as much as some have said.
For this very special episode of Pot Psychology, two former America's Next Top Model contestants join me and Rich in helping to solve readers' problems with an herbal remedy. (What will Tyra think!?) Lauren and Amis (whose real name is Amy, but was changed because there was already an Amy in the cast) from Cycle 10…
