Education:

[E1] Conor Williams writes that liberal opposition to inequality ends where their schools begin.

[E2] Paul Campos writes more on the subject of college costs.

[E3] Let them fidget! Fidgeting may be helpful for kids with ADHD.

[E4] Tom Lindsey writes about Texas’ ongoing effort to make college genuinely affordable.

[E5] One of the arguments that confounds me is “Why not lower the threshold of proof for sexual assault and stack the standards of evidence are stacked against you if the only consequence you face is getting kicked out of a college?” The logical next step, though, is that it not be just one college.

Gridiron:

[G1] Alex Cuesta offers a list of simple ways to reduce football head injuries, while the University of Cincinnati has reduced football concussions with a new visual training program.

[G2] Eye-tracking technology can help detect concussions in football and maybe Alzheimer’s.

[G3] If the NFL is dissatisfied with the training that quarterbacks are receiving in college, there is a rather straightforward solution to this.

[G4] Here’s a fascinating look at women playing football in the 70’s.

Food:

[F1] According to a new-ish Rand study, food deserts are not the cause of the obesity epidemic. Relatedly, poor people don’t eat more fast food than the rest of us.

[F2] Maybe we should just start calling natural(ish) watermelons “seeded watermelons.”

[F3] Food color affects more than how food looks, but also how it tastes.

[F4] It sucks when Americans don’t like your ethnic food and apparently when they do.

[F5] Gustavo Arellano writes of Los Angeles’s long history against the “wrong” kinds of food, including and perhaps especially of the Mexican variety.

[F6] HD Miller writes of the Great Sushi Craze of 1905, which was shut down in part by unions and racism.

Body:

[B1] Russell Saunders reports that science is getting closer to figuring out why some people just don’t die from smoking.

[B2] Danny Resnic contracted HIV, and has made it his life’s mission to build a better condom.

[B3] Fortunately for people who like their contact lenses, people in power like contact lenses, otherwise they might not be legal.

[B4] It’s really, really difficult to describe why exactly watching little ones can be as exhausting as it is. There’s just nothing to compare it to. Here’s some research.

[B5] Justin Moyer takes aim at sweat-shaming. {via Jaybird}

Mind:

[M1] Sometimes being smart can help you be much more impressively unwise.

[M2] When you’re wrong, you can always convince yourself you’re right.

[M3] Introverts are getting a lot of attention, which seems kind of weird.

[M4] Unleash the power of your brain using brain dumps.

[M5] It doesn’t take much to impact people’s beliefs towards the non-existence of climate change. Also, how repeated falsehoods become truths.

[M6] It seems that before we make a decision, our brains are laying the groundwork for us to decide what we’re supposed to decide.

Spirit:

[S1] Time magazine ties together Mormon breast implants and six-figure Jewish dowries.

[S2] Joe Carter asks why Black and Hispanic Evangelicals are more favorable to prosperity gospel.

[S3] Is a five-year old Oklahoman a reincarnated film actor? (What’s odd about this link is that I’ve gotten it on Facebook, from about four okies that I know. All of whom are super-devout Christians.)

[S4] It turns out, when gay Mormons marry, they often divorce.

[S5] Caste-based discrimination is helping Christianity convert Indians.