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This Philosophical Argument Convinced People to Give More to Charity
How much would you pay to prevent your own child becoming blind?
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How the Pandemic Has Tested Behavioral Science
In the interplay between behavioral science and policy, puffs of smoke abound.Photo illustration by metamorworks / Shutterstock In March the United Kingdom curiously declined to impose significant social distancing measures in response to the global pandemic. The government was taking advice from several parties, among them the so-called “Nudge Unit,” a private company called Behavioral […]
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The Black Sheep of Black Holes
This potential member of the cosmic zoo may explain a lot about how the cosmos is structured.
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The Idea of Entropy Has Led Us Astray
Let’s stop hustling as if the world is running toward disorder.
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Steven Pinker on the Tribal Roots of Defying Social Distancing
The images are everywhere: People crowded face-to-face in swimming pools, shoulder-to-shoulder in indoor bars, cheering without masks at a rally held by President Trump, who often downplays the global pandemic. Now, as many public health experts predicted, waves of new COVID-19 infections and deaths are rolling across the South and West. Many, still practicing social […]
