E-mail Inspection and Lie Detection
In this week's podcast, Tom Jacobs and Melinda Burns discuss studies they reported on concerning gender differences in math and science, while Emily Badger examines the hubbub over the idea of government oversight of Google search algorithm.
In this week's podcast Tom Jacobs discusses how music creates a cooperative spirit and Emily Badger explains how the concerns over employment lead many to reject greater environmental or safety regulation that likely would benefit them.
In our weekly podcast Emily Badger reviews her reporting on the military's oil use and Tom Jacobs discusses the how luxuriating in thoughts of tobacco may be a better way to quit it.
This week our Tom Jacobs discusses the fallacy that our Facebook friends are our political fellow travelers, while Emily Badger plunders Uncle Sam's video cabinet.
In this week's podcast, Tom Jacobs discusses the Prozac-like qualities of classical music and Emily Badger reveals that some research tagged as wasteful actually has solid scientific applications.
In this week's podcast newsletter we look at Americans' self-respect, transplant American education abroad and at the nation's poor command of foreign languages.
