Quick Study: Of First Downs and Down Payments
The easiest way to increase the value of your home? Live near a winning high school football team.
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Sep/Oct 2013
23 posts
On America’s Farms, Data Is the New Cash Crop
Today's farmers are using all of the technology at their disposal to increase yields, which is critical if we hope to feed a rapidly growing population. But digitally driven farming is not without its potential downsides.
Electric Schlock: Did Stanley Milgram’s Famous Obedience Experiments Prove Anything?
Stanley Milgram's test subjects were not the only ones misled by his famous experiments on obedience.
Meet the Flexians
A new professional class of movers and shakers—people who serve overlapping roles in government, business, and media with smiling finesse—is controlling the flow of power and money in America. The anthropologist Janine Wedel is bent on making us understand just how dangerous this new normal can be.
‘Candy,’ ‘Scarcity,’ and ‘War Play’: Book Reviews in 100 Words or Less
What you need to know about Candy: A Century of Panic and Pleasure, Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much, and War Play: Video Games and the Future of Armed Conflict.
My Life as a Therian
Meet Shiro Ulv, a 19-year-old IT specialist who considers himself a wolf trapped in a human body.
Why This Particular Recovery Is So Bad at Creating New Jobs
The good news: Economists are starting to come up with some decent theories as to why this recovery is so bad at generating employment. Now here's the bad news.
The Social Life of Genes
Your DNA is not a blueprint. Day by day, week by week, your genes are in a conversation with your surroundings. Your neighbors, your family, your feelings of loneliness: They don't just get under your skin, they get into the control rooms of your cells. Inside the new social science of genetics.
Datebook: What’s Happening in September and October—and Why It Matters
From the special election for New Jersey's senate seat to the beginning of Oktoberfest, events you should be aware of.