How do societal inequalities arise and persist? Tania Lombrozo interviews philosopher Ron Mallon about "accumulation mechanisms": the processes that explain how small biases can have big effects.
After a security robot drowned in a fountain in Washington, D.C., NPR's Scott Simon muses on robot suicide, and how long it will be until a robot has the capacity to question its own existence.
We schedule our work and leisure dates, why not the birth dates of our babies? Anthropologist Barbara J. King looks at this trend in evolutionary perspective.
CBS announced the three new actors who will be joining the cast of its cop drama. To no one's surprise, all are nonwhite. But the network still has work to do.
We should defend Western Civilization's best achievements. Let us start with something obvious from which we all benefit: Let us defend science, says blogger Adam Frank.
The Affordable Care Act penalizes hospitals if patients are discharged and then readmitted with the same problems too often. That effort has improved care for patients, two researchers say.
Shaping technology to some form of learning could depart pretty radically from the more familiar aim of shaping technology to the way we are now, says psychologist Tania Lombrozo.
NPR's Scott Simon remembers Liu Xiaobo and the principles he stood for in China, and wonders how Americans and American institutions will respond to his death.
In a new study, neither control subjects nor those who used Lumosity games showed improvement beyond getting better at the specific games they were playing, says blogger Alva Noë.
Reducing dogs' and cats' stress levels at the vet is getting a big push in a new movement within veterinary medicine, says anthropologist Barbara J. King.
The idea of a conscious universe seems to fly in the face of our deep-seated materialist worldview, whereby all existence is due to material particles and their interactions, says Marcelo Gleiser.
In answering a reporter's question, the French president characterized Africa as a continent of failing states with high birth rates. Viviane Rutabingwa shares her perspective.
John Coltrane's Giant Steps is a great piece of American music, says blogger Adam Frank. In this video, musician and artist Michal Levy uses spatial metaphors to represent the song's symmetries.
Mat Johnson's recent hard-drive failure wasn't the first time he experienced data loss. This time, despite losing more work than ever before, he's less panicked: "I can write new words," he says.
A new paper suggests that to declare something a mystery isn't just a confession of ignorance: Some of the time, you can learn something important from it, says psychologist Tania Lombrozo.
NPR's Scott Simon remembers Neil Cohen, who first handed Simon The New York Times one summer at Camp Indianola. Cohen was his camp counselor, and went on to become an attorney and law professor.
Can anthropology help us think skeptically about DNA ancestry-testing? Barbara J. King interviews anthropologist and author Jonathan Marks on racism in science.
He grew up marching to celebrate Ghana's independence and now marvels at America's big July 4 bash. George Mwinnyaa reflects on the meaning of independence.
There's anxiety in Hong Kong over things appearing from mainland China. But the continued presence of things not found on the mainland shows there's still a gap between this and other Chinese cities.
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How Small Inequities Lead To Big Inequalities
I Sink, Therefore I Am: This Robot Wasn't Programmed For Existential Angst
NPR.org To More Clearly Label Opinion Pieces
Babies And Bankers' Hours: A Shift In U.S. Birth Patterns
'Hawaii Five-0' Casting Announcement Doesn't Fix CBS's Larger Diversity Problem
Batting With A Rock-Hard Ball, For The Love Of The (Cricket) Game
To Defend Western Civilization, Start With Science
Pushing Hospitals To Reduce Readmissions Hasn't Increased Deaths
Technology Can Be A Tool, A Teacher, A Trickster
Remembering Liu Xiaobo, Who Fought For Human Rights In China
More Bad News For Brain-Training Games
Here Lies A Use Of 'Lied'
Clinics Aim For Fear-Free Vet Visits For Nervous Pets
Is The Universe Conscious?
Macron Got A Lot Wrong About Africa ... But Made One Good Point
Seeing John Coltrane's 'Giant Steps'
A Novelist Forces Himself To Press On After Losing 100 Pages In A Tech Glitch
What This Teen Mom Wishes She'd Known Before She Got Pregnant
My Son Is In Special Education And I Want Him To Be Challenged
You Can Learn From Declaring A Mystery
Remembering 'Captain' Neil Cohen, Summer Camp Counselor And Sage
Why You Should Think Twice About Those DNA-By-Mail Results
Why I Love (And Question) Independence Day
As Hong Kong Marks Handover Anniversary, A Push And Pull With China Over Identity
The Ups And Downs Of Togetherness And Independence When You're A Triplet
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