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No Money, No Time
The New York Times: THE absurdity of having had to ask for an extension to write this article isn’t lost on me: It is, after all, a piece on time and poverty, or, rather, time
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Researchers Build Profile of the Drowsy Trucker
Among truck drivers, the practice of driving with a critical lack of sleep is an open secret. The transgression captured public attention earlier this month amid news of a New Jersey Turnpike accident that critically
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Morality Can Trump Tribalism
Pacific Standard: The top news stories have been even more depressing than usual of late, with tribalism—accompanied by active hatred for perceived outsiders—emerging as a driving force everywhere from Middle Eastern battlefields to the halls
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Minimizing Belief in Free Will May Lessen Support for Criminal Punishment
Exposure to information that diminishes free will, including brain-based accounts of behavior, seems to decrease people’s support for retributive punishment, according to research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
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Der letzte Eindruck zählt (The Last Impression Counts)
Sueddeutsche Zeitung: Achtung, Binsenweisheit: Das Finale entscheidet. Tatsächlich gilt das nicht nur für Fußballmeisterschaften, Tennisturniere und andere Wettkämpfe, es scheint auch ein grundsätzlicher Umstand des Lebens zu sein. Der letzte Eindruck prägt das Urteil über
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Kids and Traffic: Looking Without Seeing
Getting hit by a car is among the leading causes of death for kids 5- to 9-years-old. It’s not hard to speculate why. Children are easily distracted, and because they’re smaller, they’re more at risk
