But It’s Just a Game

The sample size is still embarrassingly small, but at least there's less room for the availability cascade.

There are no Great Men.

Sometimes the pressure is just too much for the brain to handle.

Paula Radcliffe set the world record in 2003. Since then? No one's come within three minutes of her mark.

And really, it's not that big of a deal.

How the head of the governing body for the world's most popular sport freely wields his wildly incompetent power.

There’s a psychological explanation for the weak punishment given to Ray Rice before a video surfaced that made a re-evaluation unavoidable.

How the Bay Area is building America's most ambitious anti-trafficking coalition.

Phasing out football programs as we learn more about their damaging effects on the brain may benefit more than just our minds and bodies.

Sure, but it probably won't help.

A senior advisor to the National Congress of American Indians once threw an embarrassing themed party that involved headdresses. He regrets that costume now, but knows his experience is one many others can relate to.

But even with odd experiments and disparate conclusions, researchers are edging closer to a more nuanced idea of how they change our behavior.

Because almost no country does.

In a country where immigrants haven't always been welcome, politicians champion Die Mannschaft as an integrated model of diversity.

The guys who turned Moby Dick into a successful card game are now setting their sights on the Old English epic.

But here's why the equine birth-organ trend seems like it's gaining steam.

The age limits in the NBA and NFL were both the result of a small, powerful group using that power to fortify its current position. Sound familiar?

The basic economics of the draft—first-round picks are overvalued; the more players you draft, the better—are well known, but general managers still manage to ignore them. What once might have been an economic issue has become a psychological one.

The power of dietary rituals on the streets of Boston.

When the U.S. and Mexico play on American soil, who the home team is depends on the purpose of the game: making money or getting a win.

While a San Francisco 49ers jersey with a Facebook badge across the chest might seem inevitable, it's still not a reality.

Appeals, more lawsuits, and maybe the NCAA looking for a compromise.

Also: a reminder that they don't try to.

According to a number of former varsity athletes at Indiana University, it does. But don't panic just yet: The findings are still very preliminary.