FBI Hits the Road for the Missing Missing
The FBI has publicized a program it’s had active for the past five years, a ‘Highway Serial Killers…
Browsing Tag
Findings
1171 posts
Grad Rates Higher For Black Athletes Than Black Students
A study released Monday on the occasion of National Student-Athlete Day (or, as is more widely celebrated, the…
Veni, Vidi, Polluti: The Long Arm of Pollution
An isolated salt marsh on the coast of contemporary Iceland is the last place most people would think…
Baseball’s Best Teams Are … 2009 Edition
Math professor Bruce Bukiet uses his copyrighted system to predict which Major League Baseball teams will win the most games in the 2009 season.
Fit to be Ride(ing): Public Transit Patrons Pretty Physically Active
Users of public transportation often fit in the activity guidelines proposed by the federal Health and Human Services department, just by walking to their bus or train every day.
Homelessness: More Evidence on the Wisdom of Housing First
Abstinence always seems like the easiest way to end behavior we don’t like, but studies with homeless alcoholics…
I Am Forever in Your Debt — And I Mean Forever
Excessive atonement can result from inextinguishable guilt, report two researchers who have named the effect after a perpetually apologetic character from the Harry Potter series.
Face Time: Voters Young and Old Judge By Looks
Forget campaign ads and stump speeches, apparently all we really need to see during an election are the candidates themselves.
Video Games Can Encourage Positive Behavior, Too
If violent video games encourage violent behavior, as a series of studies suggests, do prosocial games — those…
An Argument for Tap Water
Your mineral water might not be as pure as it's cracked up to be, and it has nothing to do with whether it's 'bottled at the source.'