Sociology
Why We Need Court Jesters in Space
Behavioral scientists explain why Mars missions need humor.
Wikipedia and the Wisdom of Polarized Crowds
A lesson in how to break out of filter bubbles.
The Well-Meaning Bad Ideas Spoiling a Generation
Psychologist Jonathan Haidt on politics, morality, and the coddling of the American mind.
Watch and See: The Medium Really Is the Message
How communication technologies shaped the arts and sciences.
Why Misinformation Is About Who You Trust, Not What You Think
Two philosophers of science diagnose our age of fake news.
The Problem with Scientific Credit
Our algorithm said a courtesy driver should have won the Nobel Prize.
The Euclidean Metrics of Trump’s Twitter Account
How online personalities are quantified and compared.
Thomas Kuhn Threw an Ashtray at Me
Why Errol Morris is still outraged by the famous philosopher of science.
What a Russian Smile Means
How culture and history make American and Russian smiles different.
