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Gender Wage Gap Skewed By Survey Flaws

Emily Badger — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:00:36 +0000

The wage gap between the sexes in America has been closing much faster than anyone realized, but that’s tempered by learning it’s been much wider than measurements had shown.

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‘Orcas as Slaves’ Argument Sinks

Michael Todd — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:33:27 +0000

An effort to identify five performing orcas as slaves failed in part, argues one scholar, because there's no legal precedent establishing them as persons.

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The Perceived Delicacy of the Female Conductor

Tom Jacobs — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:19:13 +0000

New research finds listeners judge symphonic music differently when they’re told the conductor is a woman.

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House Puts Transportation in Partisan Crossfire

Emily Badger — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:00:33 +0000

Transportation used to be one of the few guaranteed areas of agreement when ideology trumped pragmatism in D.C. But that’s no longer the case.

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Pressure to Conform Can Inspire Creativity

Tom Jacobs — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:00:29 +0000

New research suggests less-creative people do more innovative thinking when they are told individualism is the norm, and instructed to conform.

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Better Super Bowl Makes for Better Ads

Emily Badger — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:15:31 +0000

A lot of people say they watch the Super Bowl mostly for the ads. But it turns out a good game surrounding those ads makes them seem better.

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Overseas Troops Finally Get Fair Shot at Voting

Emily Badger — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:00:10 +0000

After decades of obstacles hindering the voting process, new laws will allow overseas and military voters to submit their votes in time for the 2012 election.

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Neglected Tropical Diseases Neglected No More?

Matt Skenazy — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:50:20 +0000

World health leaders announce coordinated push to eradicate or control neglected tropical diseases.

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Children’s Books Increasingly Ignore Natural World

Tom Jacobs — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:17:17 +0000

A survey of award-winning children’s picture books from 1938 to 2008 suggests our increasing estrangement from the natural environment.

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Traffic Solution: Make Drivers Less Lonely

Emily Badger — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:00:51 +0000

Rather than moaning about too many cars on the road, the Ridesharing Institute says the real key to battling traffic congestion and pollution is filling empty passenger seats.

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Numerology Doesn’t Know the Score

Peter M. Nardi — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:00:51 +0000

Various ways of assigning numbers to events, people, and actions is an ancient parlor game, but let’s not take it beyond that.

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Conservatives’ Politics of Fear a Biological Response

Emily Badger — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:42:37 +0000

Researchers looking at how we fixate on threats uncover more evidence of a biological component to the red-blue divide.

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Morning People May Be More Creative in the Afternoon

Tom Jacobs — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:38:03 +0000

New research finds problems that require a flash of illumination to solve are best approached during the time of day when you’re not at your peak.

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Supreme Court Calls For New Try on Texas Districts

Michael Fitzgerald — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:19:09 +0000

Texas Republicans won Friday as the Supreme Court rejected a judicially drawn redistricting map, but not for the reasons you might think.

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Private Prisons Can’t Lock In Savings

Emily Badger — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:14:31 +0000

A report from The Sentencing Project argues that a primary driver for privatizing corrections isn’t really paying off.

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