Elle offers some advice from information design guru Edward Tufte to some of the scientists presenting at this year's Society for Prevention Research meeting in San Francisco.

The last day of the conference is always a bit of an anticlimax. The energetic delegates are packing, saying goodbye, and worrying about taxis to the airport.

Randomized control trials thrill some, and frighten others. In the right conditions, they are by far the best way of finding out if a program has an impact on child outcomes.

Alice Wolf is a State Representative in the Massachusetts legislature. She is the 'go to' person in the State House of Representatives on questions of research and prevention.

It's the economy stupid!

Look at the first picture and read down the column. Read down the second picture and this time say out loud the colour you see, not what is written.

A significant part of SRCD is devoted to the application of science to policy and practice. Listening to some of the early contributions on the subject, one is struck by a couple of paradoxes.

The Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD) meets every two years in a U.S. City large enough to cater for several thousand visitors.