Economics How a Fish-Filleting Robot Could Eliminate Ridiculous Maritime Voyages And the extra pollution that comes with them. Ryan Jacobs
Social Justice Want to Get Rich? Get Fit A new study finds that your long-term income could be closely tied to regular exercise. Tom Jacobs
Social Justice Lie Less, Stress Less Is the best reason to tell the truth simply that it’s easier? Paul Bisceglio
News in Brief Are Death Row Inmates Innocent If They Refuse a Last Meal? A new study finds that prisoners who deny their guilt are more likely to hold out on eating before execution. Paul Bisceglio
Social Justice Grand Obese Party? Researchers have found a statistically significant correlation between support for Mitt Romney and a pudgy populace. Tom Jacobs
Environment Are No Internet Comments the Best Internet Comments? A comment experiment with anti-smoking PSAs offers surprising results. Ryan Jacobs
Social Justice Predicting Epidemics With Internet Search Data Recent research suggests that evaluating desperate Google queries may be the best way to identify infectious disease outbreaks before they happen. Ryan Jacobs
Social Justice Forget the Blue Plate Special: I’ll Have the Red Plate Dieter’s Meal Trying to lose weight? The color of your crockery could make all the difference. Tom Jacobs