Standing Up for My Group by Kicking Yours
Members of a minority ethnic group are less likely to express support for gay equality if they believe their own group suffers from discrimination.
Browsing Tag
Nov/Dec 2014
20 posts
Like a Broken Record
From beer milers to long-distance crawlers, the unending appeal of being No. 1.
The Enduring Allure of Badly Behaved Men—and What It Means for Women
Men, for all Laura Kipnis’ attempts to appear transgressive, is a cautious and old-fashioned book that illustrates male privilege rather than denying it.
Who Killed Wikipedia?
A hardened corps of volunteer editors is the only force protecting Wikipedia. They might also be killing it.
Coastal Cognizance of Climate Change
People who live closer to the shore are more likely to believe in climate change and to support regulation of carbon emissions.
There’s a Name for the Big Flaw in Our Obsession With Assessment and Metrics
And it's called Campbell's Law.
How a 19-Year-Old Is Teaching Your Laptop to Pick Up on Your Feelings
Even though he's still a teenager, Catalin Voss is already a six-year veteran of the i-app industry, and now he's turning his attention to figuring out how computers might interact with humans more perceptively.
The Rise of Extreme Daycare
More Americans are working late-night and early-morning hours. Who's looking after their kids?
If It’s Good Enough for the Supreme Court…
A research team looks into how Iowa's legalization of gay marriage in 2009 affected the views of registered voters.
A Trip With Dad
The daughter of one of the country’s leading clinical researchers of psychedelic-assisted therapy visits Amsterdam.