Here’s what it looks like when a normal relationship descends into an abusive nightmare.

If you’ve never experienced violence at the hands of a romantic partner, it’s hard to imagine what to look for or how to be supportive. This infographic is great because it covers all the bases, including what behaviors are big red flags.

Fact Check Time!


When we checked the statistic “90% of women jailed for murdering men were had been abused by their victim,” we found one that was even scarier from the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence fact sheet (2007): In 70%-80% of all heterosexual intimate-partner homicides, no matter which partner was killed, the man physically abused the woman before the murder.

Conservation

A Caribbean island looked like a ‘moonscape’ until goats and rats were removed. Now it’s flourishing.

Skills

Students spent 8 minutes giving advice to younger kids. Their own grades got a boost.

Generations

Gen Xers name the scariest things they saw on TV as kids. It’s nostalgic nightmare fuel.

Science

How to keep your mouth shut in conversations when you know you should really stay quiet