Unseen Singles: How Science Misrepresents the Unmarried

The science of singles is sorely lacking, said Bella DePaulo, author of "Singled Out: How Singles Are Stereotyped, Stigmatized and Ignored, and Still Live Happily Ever After" (St. Martin's Griffin, 2007). "There are so many false beliefs out there about single people and single life," DePaulo told Live Science ahead of a talk today (Aug. 5) at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association in Denver.