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Wind farms, with their rows of tall white poles topped withspinning turbines, all generating electricity, are abeautiful, calming sight to some people and a blight on thelandscape to others?especially when they’re placed in theocean, within sight of beachfront property.

Willett Kempton and Jeremy Firestone examined publicreaction to the Cape Cod Wind Project, the first offshorewind farm in the US, and found that public opinion isdivided over the project. The researchers uncovered some ofthe reasons for this.
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We’re constantly hearing that hiring more policemen reducescrime, but is this really true? Law professor JonathanKlick says it is, and not by just a little bit either. Hefound a 15% reduction in crime in the police district wherethe White House and National Mall are located whenadditional officers were put on duty during high terroralert days.

The findings are significant because social scientists,lawmakers and others have long wondered whether spendingmore money on additional police is the answer to reducingcrime. Klick says, "We found that the additional police hada pretty big effect on crime. Our local and federalgovernments spend tons of money on policing, and it lookslike we may be justified in spending much more."
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Weight, cholesterol and blood pressure are all important.For men,marriage leadsto a healthier old age than remaining single. But this isn’tnecessarily true for women. For them, having plenty offriends is associated with a dramatically lower risk ofsuffering a heart attack or stroke, landing in the hospitalor dying from heart disease. In contrast to this, women whodo not have strong relationships with other women are morethan twice as likely to die.
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When you hear news stories about a battle against homosexualrights, don’t believe it: a recent Florida study shows thatportraying the gay rights conflict as a sharply dividedbattle between homosexuals and social conservatives ignoresthe ambivalent feelings held by the vast majority of peoplein the middle. “The American public appears to be on averageboth supportive and hostile to homosexual and gay rights,depending on the specific question being asked,” saysresearcher Stephen Craig. “Someone might think thathomosexuals should not be discriminated against in theworkplace because of their sexual orientation but at thesame time express the opinion they don’t want gays orlesbians teaching impressionable young kids in the schools.”
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