Just Because He’s Hot Doesn’t Mean He’s Healthy
A new study suggests we didn’t evolve to find healthy people more attractive. By Nathan Collins (Photo: Mattel/Newsmakers)…
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How to Improve Your Decision-Making
The key is to poll a crowd, then do what they least expect. By Nathan Collins (Photo: stressedtechy/Flickr)…
Does a Death in the Family Perpetuate Racial Inequality?
African Americans are more likely to lose a loved one, which could perpetuate disparities in health. By Nathan…
Smart, Emotionally Stable People Enjoy Morbid Humor
A taste for the grotesque is no reason for embarrassment.
We Don’t Gradually Glide Into Corrupt Behavior—We Jump Head First
New research disputes the popular “slippery slope” notion of corruption. By Tom Jacobs (Photo: nist6dh/Flickr) The specter of…
Is Mass Murder Now Part of the Repertoire of Contention?
New ways of protest are being invented every day, with a society’s repertoire of contention in constant evolution.…
A Sense of Purpose Yields Financial Rewards
People who are guided by an internal compass tend to accumulate more wealth. By Tom Jacobs (Photo: 401(K)…
Dream Recall Helps Boost Creativity
Don’t let all that internally produced imagery go to waste. By Tom Jacobs (Photo: Gavin Clarke/Flickr) If you’re…
Why We Live in Ideological Enclaves
The psychological roots of our troublesome tendency to live among the like-minded. By Tom Jacobs (Photo: lecrajane/Flickr) This…
We Are Absurdly Confident of Our Superiority
Two new studies find that we often think of ourselves as both morally superior and less biased than…