How Parents Shape Their Kids’ Risk Tolerance
A new working paper outlines how mom and dad can influence their child's levels of risk tolerance and trust, traits that have a significant impact on career outcome.
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Charting How the Grey Lady Learned to Play With Video Games
Video games have come a long way since Space Invaders, and so has the way they are framed in the national conversation.
Can a Messy Desk Make You More Creative?
New research finds working in a disorderly environment can lead to greater creativity—but that clutter isn't without its downsides.
The Class Connotations of the Color Pink
What can you tell, if anything, about a man who wears a color that has been linked to femininity here in the United States?
New Evidence Links Music Education, Higher Test Scores
Research from Canada finds high-performing students do even better if they are enrolled in ongoing music classes.
Benedict Cumberbatch Goes to War: Celebrity and Diplomacy
The actor's recent stunt in Cardiff, in which he admonished celebrity photographers for not capturing "something important," suggests a misplaced faith in photography.
Beyond Alex Rodriguez: David Epstein Picks the 8 Best Longreads on Doping in Sports
From Outside, Sports Illustrated, and other publications.
Elmore Leonard’s Cowboy Economics
The famous author, who died today, once earned $100 a week writing cowboy tales.
The Banal, Insidious Sexism of Smurfette
There are a lot of Smurfs, and all of them are identified by a unique quality or ability—except for the one female in the bunch.
A Brief History of the Great Gay Olympics
Russian legislators have said they will enforce new anti-gay laws during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, but the ancient athletic games started out as little more than a gigantic festival of homoerotic excess.