The Story of Police Shootings, as Told by Health-Care Data
Injury codes bolster the belief that police are injuring and killing African Americans at a higher rate mainly…
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Can a Brain Scan Tell What You’re Thinking?
A new experiment advances the idea that brain scans can teach us something about how the human mind…
Do Racy Billboards Create Better Drivers?
New research finds surprising evidence to that effect. By Tom Jacobs (Photo: jaroslavd/Flickr) Most of us think of…
How to Inspire Caring and Generosity: Music
The answer isn’t blowing in the wind. It’s playing on the soundtrack. By Tom Jacobs Joan Baez and…
Should You Trust Your Gut When Judging Emotions?
Probably not, according to new research. By Nathan Collins (Photo: designmilk/Flickr) For perhaps the same weird reasons people…
Do Sports Reporters Save Their More Serious Questions for the Men?
An analysis of tennis press conferences hints that, relative to men, women are asked fewer questions about the…
Harry Potter and the Orange-Haired Xenophobe
New research finds people who read J.K. Rowling’s books are less likely to support Donald Trump. By Tom…
When Outsourcing Turns Deadly
Hospitals should keep their cleaning teams in-house if they want to prevent unnecessary infection. By Tom Jacobs (Illustration:…
The Antarctic Peninsula Is Cooling Down, but…
Cool your jets, climate change deniers: The region’s climate is just really complicated. By Nathan Collins Booth Island…
Are Video Games Becoming Less Sexist?
New research finds a decline in the sexualization of female characters. By Tom Jacobs Lara Croft, the protagonist…