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Why America’s Strategy For Reducing Racial Inequality Failed
Harvard professor Christina Cross debunks the myth of the two-parent Black family.
by Saima Sidik
David Weitz investigates how glass flows
Physicists find a better way to visualize molecular behavior in glass as it cools.
Samuel Arbesman creates a subway map of the Milky Way galaxy
An interdisciplinary example of how simple models can enhance understanding of complex systems
Effects of sleep loss can be masked, not erased
A long night’s rest merely masks the effects of chronic sleep loss.
Jerry Mitrovica explains the uneven rise in sea levels as glaciers melt
Deciphering sea levels
Online voting system Helios offers prototype for transparent, secure elections
The online voting system Helios offers a prototype for transparency and security in elections.
Jared Diamond and James Robinson apply "natural experiments" to studying histor
Applying "natural experiments" to the study of history
Hausmann and Hidalgo find wealthier economies are also more complex
The most prosperous countries have economies that produce a variety of goods.
Pleasure by Proxy: How Other People’s Experiences Help Predict Happiness
Other people’s experience is a more accurate guide than your own imagination to what you will like.
Physicists Capasso and Yu make many lasers from one
Harvard researchers have developed multibeam, multiwavelength miniature lasers.
Torturers think victims expressing pain are guilty
Inflicting pain changes the perceptions of torturers, not necessarily their knowledge.