Welcome Home: It’s Homecoming Week
Whether or not you have a home—and how you live your life in relation to it—has enormous economic and psychological implications. Introducing our new special report.
How Textbooks Have Changed the Face of War
War is more personal, less glorious, and more hellish in modern textbooks than in the past. But there’s still room for improvement.
People Are Clueless About Placebos
Doctors know that sometimes the best medicine is no medicine at all. But how do patients feel about getting duped into recovery?
Is It Important to Have the Same Sexual Desires as Your Partner?
Not really—it’s more crucial that couples’ desires complement each other.
‘House’ Fans Are Scared of the Wrong Diseases
People who watch medical dramas like Grey’s Anatomy and House are more likely than non-watchers to be fatalistic about cancer and to underestimate the importance of chronic illnesses.
Here’s How Not to Teach First-Grade Math
One of the few rigorous studies of its kind shows that first-grade math teachers tend to use unproven alternative techniques when there are more math-challenged students in their class.
Is Ambivalence the New Homophobia?
As anti-gay prejudice becomes less socially acceptable, homophobia joins racism and sexism in the ranks of biases veiled behind supposed ambivalence.
What’s in a Name? Your Genes Will Know
Liking your own name is associated with a host of positive traits. New research suggests it could be genetic.
More Than Just Tiger Moms
To accompany our story today on why it's worrisome that Asian Americans have become a model of academic achievement, "The Problem With a Culture of Excellence," here's a guide that's meant to serve as a starting point to the research literature on related subjects.