Why We Should Care About Saving Coral Reefs

Why We Should Care About Saving Coral Reefs

Juli Berwald on Public and Investor Interest in Coral Reef Conservation

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How—and Why—Did Cultural Tastes for Spicy Food Develop?

How—and Why—Did Cultural Tastes for Spicy Food Develop?

Moshe Hoffman and Erez Yoeli Explore the Functions of Seemingly Random Preferences

By Erez Yoeli and Moshe Hoffman | April 7, 2022

Can a Machine Tell Us Who to Love?

Can a Machine Tell Us Who to Love?

Stephanie Cacioppo on the Neuroscience of That “Secondhand Emotion”

By Stephanie Cacioppo | April 6, 2022

Humpback Whales Are Recovering! And Other Surprising Pieces of Good News

Humpback Whales Are Recovering! And Other Surprising Pieces of Good News

Some Unlikely and Hopeful Infographics From David McCandless

By David McCandless | March 30, 2022

How the World’s Languages Evolved Over Time

How the World’s Languages Evolved Over Time

Morten H. Christiansen and Nick Chater on the Solidification of Linguistic Conventions

By Morten H. Christiansen and Nick Chater | March 29, 2022

Profile of a Philanderer: What Kind of Man Becomes a Cheating Husband?

Profile of a Philanderer: What Kind of Man Becomes a Cheating Husband?

On Narcissism, Insecurity, and Other Red Flags

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Why Do Some People Believe the Earth is Flat?

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Kelly Weill on What Draws People To Conspiracies

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How David George Haskell Decodes the Sounds of Our Natural World

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What a Scan of Vladimir Putin’s Power-Addled Brain Might Tell Us

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Can ecological extinction models help us understand the literature we’ve lost?

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Potions, Pills, and Patents: How Basic Healthcare Became Big Business in America

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Alexander Zaitchik on the Rise of Medical Moneymaking

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Where Does Childhood Wonder Come From—And Why Does it End?

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Frank C. Keil on a Child's View of the World

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