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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
Diversity and Diminishing Tax Revenues
Can public goods survive white flight?
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Fixing America’s Heartland
Could place-based policies solve regional economic and social problems?
by Oset Babür
Ranking Extinctions by Ecological Impact
New research on extinctions shows that their ecological impact can’t be measured in numbers of species lost.
by Jonathan Shaw
Violent Innovations
In the antebellum South, slavery was paired with modern business practices.
by John A. Griffin
The Language of Emotion
Developmental psychologists find a surprising relationship between age and emotional understanding.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
The Brain in the Basement
The Center for Green Buildings and Cities aims to reduce energy used to heat and cool buildings to nearly zero.
by Jonathan Shaw
A Particulate Problem
Harvard researchers revisit and reaffirm a controversial environmental study.
by Oset Babür
Trimming Truancy
Interventions that mobilize family support networks have powerful effects.
by Jonathan Shaw
The Disinformation Dilemma
The digital tools advertisers rely on can be easily manipulated to influence public opinion on politics.
by Oset Babür
Slavery’s Southern Legacy
A new book traces today’s politics back to chattel slavery.
by Sophia Nguyen