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Why Taxi Drivers Don’t Die of Alzheimer’s
Explaining taxi and ambulance drivers’ protection against Alzheimer’s disease.
by Erin O'Donnell
Cities Too Smart for Their Own Good?
Ben Green warns against simple technological solutions for complex problems.
by Bennett McIntosh
Rethinking the American High School
What the rare bright spots in American high-school education teach
by Jonathan Shaw
The New Monopoly
Economists look to new explanations for wage stagnation.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Gene Editing and Ethics
Advances in editing DNA propel consideration of the technology’s use in humans.
by Bennett McIntosh
Technology, Paternity, Patriarchy
Debora Spar argues that social change has always been driven by technology.
by Jonathan Shaw
The Innovation Engine
Economist William Kerr argues for streamlining immigration to attract high-skilled talent from abroad.
by John A. Griffin
The Teddy Bear Effect
Cherubic features benefit black male CEOs, but not other groups, underscoring the complexity of social disadvantage.
by Erin O'Donnell
People Who Don’t Get AIDS
The immune systems of “elite controllers” point to HIV’s vulnerabilities.
by Jonathan Shaw
A Language of Behavior?
Sandeep Datta says the brain composes behavior from pre-existing “syllables.”
by Jonathan Shaw
Gut Flora Fix for Fitness?
Altering one gene in a gut microbe transforms metabolism.
by John A. Griffin