Education How Parents Shape Their Kids’ Risk Tolerance A new working paper outlines how mom and dad can influence their child's levels of risk tolerance and trust, traits that have a significant impact on career outcome. Michael Fitzgerald
Environment The Background on Your Bytes Provenance software promises to track down digital info’s secrets — in the name of trust. James Badham
Social Justice Distrust Feeds Anti-Atheist Prejudice New research finds atheists are widely perceived as untrustworthy, which may be a major factor in why they're disliked more than other minorities. Tom Jacobs
Social Justice Oxytocin Increases Trust — Under Certain Conditions Researchers report effects of the “trust hormone” get negated when a partner is perceived as dishonest. Tom Jacobs
Social Justice Corruption Leads to More Corruption A legacy of corruption leads the citizenry more toward resignation and connivance than to activism, a new study looking at Mexico reports. Elisabeth Best