Tiger Moms: The Benefits of Eating Bitterness
A Western mother sending her children to public school in Shanghai comes down firmly on both sides of the debate about author Amy Chua and Tiger Moms.
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Classical Music Linked to High Intelligence
An evolutionary theorist provides evidence that intelligent individuals are more likely to enjoy purely instrumental music.
Is It Hot in Here? Or Is the Climate Changing?
What’s one way to convert climate change skeptics? By making them sweat.
Truly Smart Cars May Start Chatting With Each Other
Highway administrators say car-mounted Wi-Fi system could let cars and trucks gossip with each other on the road, dramatically improving safety and efficiency.
Sexy News Anchors Distract Male Viewers
New research finds when a female news anchor’s sexual attractiveness is played up, male viewers retain less information.
College Reversal?
Studies find a decline in Asian-American students’ success once they move away from home and go to college.
Do Asian-American Parents Push Their Kids?
Does the Tiger Mother get it right? While some view Asian-Americans as pushy, stressing their children into exceptional achievement, research doesn’t bear out that stereotype.
Hope Springs Eternal for NFL Fans
A study of football fans finds that when we desire a given outcome, we are biased to believe it will occur.
Are More Gun Laws for Mentally Ill Off Target?
Obsessing over the role mental illness played in the Gabrielle Giffords shooting avoids the larger issue of gun violence, argues the former head of the American Psychiatric Association.