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How Interracial Love Is Saving America
"As a descendant of slaves and slaveholders, I embody uncomfortable incongruities — just as America does." By Sheryll Cashin. (June 3, 2017)
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Who names diseases?
Swine Flu, Naples Soldier, Ebola. Disease names express fear, create stigma and distract attention. Can they be improved? By Laura Spinney.
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Facebook Won’t Say If They’ll Use your Brain Activity for Advertisements
Every year, Facebook gathers hundreds of developers, corporate allies, and members of the press to hear CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s vision of our shared near future. The gathering is known as “F8,” and this year’s iteration included some radical plans, one of which could’ve been pulled from a William Gibson novel… By Sam Biddle.
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More Is More
Deborah Cohen reviews “Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First” by Frank Trentmann.
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Why Liberals Aren’t as Tolerant as They Think
The political left might consider itself more open-minded than the right. But research shows that liberals are just as prejudiced against conservatives as conservatives are against liberals. By Matthew Hutson.
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“I begged him to come home”: Breaking the taboo around texting the dead
Many people text dead loved ones to cope with their grief – but trouble arises when they get an unexpected reply. By Amelia Tait.
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The Mysterious Power of Arrogance
Why do overbearing, obnoxious people so often come out on top? What a story from Papua New Guinea reveals about the rise of Donald Trump. By Joel Robbins, (Feb. 2, 2017)
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Mark Hawthorne, a Man of Few Words Except, ‘I Hate You’
Long before he drummed on upended pails at People’s Park in Berkeley, Calif., Mark Hawthorne wrote about impromptu instruments in Washington Square Park... By David W. Dunlap.
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How the Science of “Blue Lies” May Explain Trump’s Support
They’re a very particular form of deception that can build solidarity within groups. By Jeremy Adam Smith.
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How Donald Trump Hypnotized Scott Adams
Come to his Dilbert-shaped home. Bite into a Dilberito. Be persuaded on genocide, mental orgasms, and his fellow Master Wizard, the president of the United States. By Caroline Winter.
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Dishonesty gets easier on the brain the more you do it
Cast your mind back over the past week. How many times were you tempted to act dishonestly? Perhaps you were given too much change… By Neil Garrett.
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The empathy layer
Can an app that lets strangers — and bots — become amateur therapists create a safer internet? By Ben Popper.
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Dresden retirement home recreates communist East Germany to help residents with Alzheimer’s
“Many of them have started eating independently again, they go to the toilet on their own, even some who were bed-ridden have got up.” By Justin Huggler.
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Crowds are wise enough to know when other people will get it wrong
Unexpected yet popular answers often turn out to be correct. By Cathleen O’grady.
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A Novel Theory for Why Humans Evolved Selves
Know yourself, know your worth. By Drake Baer.
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The Four-Letter Code to Selling Just About Anything
What makes things cool? By Derek Thompson.
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People Who Take Revenge Do It to Restore Inner Peace, Study Says
We talked to a researcher behind a new study on the motivations behind revenge to find out why burning all your ex's clothes just feels right. By Kimberly Lawson.
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A mathematical BS detector can boost the wisdom of crowds
Crowds aren’t as smart as we thought, since some people know more than others. A simple trick can find the ones you want. By George Musser.
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How to Convince Someone When Facts Fail
Why worldview threats undermine evidence. By Michael Shermer.
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A People’s History of the Third Reich
How Great Man theory allows us to abdicate collective responsibility. By Megan Carpentier.
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