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Want to Reduce Polarization? You Need to Improve Political Journalism 27 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm
Efforts to reduce partisanship within American government have usually failed. “Civility initiatives” have gone nowhere, making primaries more open doesn’t seem to produce more moderate officeholders,...
The Beef on Lab Meat 27 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
“Cultured meat”—edible animal flesh that’s grown through “tissue engineering techniques”—may not be the most appetizing prospect on the culinary horizon. But it has entered the heady lexicon of sustai...
Promoting Empathy: What’s Troubling About a Celebrated Hospital Video 27 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
Empathy is a noun meaning “the ability to understand and share the feelings of another person,” according to an online Oxford English dictionary. This resonates with what I learned, or was reminded of...
Can a Messy Desk Make You More Creative? 27 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
In recent years, researchers have identified many ways to spark creativity, from studying abroad to dimming the lights. A newly published study reveals yet another method, one many of us have already ...
Selling Products for a Cause Might Hurt Corporations’ Bottom Line 27 Aug 2013 | 02:00 pm
More businesses than ever are linking their profit-making activity to philanthropic causes. But the contributions these companies make are often not as significant as consumers expect, we reported bac...
The Class Connotations of the Color Pink 27 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
Pink, as we all know, is all about gender—it’s for girls. And sissies. The University of Iowa … for decades has painted the locker room used by opponents pink to put them “in a passive mood” with a “...
Why NSA Snooping Is a Much Bigger Deal in Germany 27 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am
Germans like posting baby pictures, party snapshots, and witty comments on Facebook just like anyone else. They just do not want to get caught doing it. Many of us use fake names for their profiles—si...
U.S. Excels at Producing Suspect Behavioral Science 27 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
Alexis de Tocqueville, bless his oft-cited little pen, first suggested “American exceptionalism,” the idea that the U.S. of A. is qualitatively different from other nations. AE has had some tough slog...
Time Flying By? You’re Getting Old (and Stressed) 26 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm
Wasn’t this the fastest August ever? You probably said that last year, too, and you’ll probably be saying it again next year. It’s not a particularly new conversation, either. The 19th-century French ...
Exporting Higher Education and Global Innovation Networks 26 Aug 2013 | 09:10 pm
When high school graduates from outside the region attend a local college, that counts as an export of higher education. The international trade of such services is booming. Japan wants a piece of the...
