As networks of people grow larger, they will usually tend to converge on an accurate understanding of information distributed among them, says a new M.I.T. study.
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In his memoirs, Mark Twain criticized counterinsurgency tactics used by the U.S. during the Philippine-American war and called the foreign engagement a ‘quagmire’.
‘Surrender to the Terrorists, Then Strangle the Economy with Taxes’ is the tongue-in-cheek name for a serious plan to create a budget surplus in the U.S. by 2015.
The Washington Monthly’s Steve Benen pointed out a striking contrast Monday between what the Senate Republican leadership and the Senate Democratic leadership say their priorities are. Here’s Senate Minority Leader […]
Today, President Obama awarded the Medal of Honor to Salvatore Augustine Giunta. This is the first time a living soldier has been awarded this honor since Vietnam. It is the […]
As Britain braces itself for a ‘winter of discontent’, with students taking to the streets in violent protest and trade unions threatening to organise waves of strikes in protest at […]
Over the past few years, a growing body of research from the social sciences has pointed to one of the major challenges in communicating about climate change. This research suggests […]
I got two unexpected gifts yesterday. The first present was from my neighbor, who left two boxes of hand rolled cigars on my front steps. The second present was from […]
Though the Netherlands is consistently ranked in the top five countries for women, less than 10 percent of women here are employed full-time. And they like it this way
Children as young as 3 are less likely to help a person after they have seen them harm someone else. This consciousness of other’s intentions is earlier than previously believed.rn
Talk of bribing lawyers, proximity to the mafia and sex scandals with teenagers have yet to dislodge Silvio Berlusconi. So how can Italy get rid of him, asks Tobias Jones.
If we want evolution to be accepted by everyone, we may need an approach with a bit of everything. Quinn O’Neill on persuasion via aesthetics, not just evidence and appeals to reason.
The man who coined the term ‘net neutrality’ (Columbia law professor Tim Wu) now says that Apple is the company that most endangers the freedom of the Internet.
The effects of fishing are certainly not as extreme as the celestial impact that ended the age of the dinosaurs, but in some parts of the tropics we are getting close.
In the past year, I’ve written roughly 5,000 pages of scholarly literature, most on very tight deadlines. But you won’t find my name on a single paper.
Here is the dirty secret of anomalous phenomena like telepathy and clairvoyance: They’ve been demonstrated dozens of times, often by reputable scientists.
Men are ‘hardwired’ to cheat, ignore their wives, suspect infidelity, overspend, fail, love money, pursue women and achieve supremacy in the workplace. Or is that bad science?
In the last two months, dozens of anti-piracy groups, copyright lawyers and pro-copyright outfits have been targeted by a group of Anonymous Internet ‘vigilantes’.
“Telling the history of art without the history of gay people is like telling the history of slavery without mentioning black people,” says David C. Ward, curator of Hide/Seek: Difference […]
In the fight to reduce the estimated 50 billion plastic bottles consumed in the US every year, not all reusable bottles are created equal. Newcomer S’well promises a dramatic upgrade […]
Traditional communication campaigns seek to raise awareness, change behavior, or change policy. The FrameWorks Institute, in contrast, seeks to fundamentally reframe how Americans understand social issues, and through this new […]
In the future, we may manufacture the products that we used to buy at the store right in our very own homes. We may also find ourselves buying products that […]
Governments have been trying a lot of new tricks lately to get people to eat more healthily, from calorie-count labels to taxes on soda to banning fast-food outlets from whole […]
Private industry and militaries around the world depend on the continued advancement of computer power and cheaper electronics for the development of robotic systems. Every time you turn on the […]
Our society is faced with a disturbing reality: One in eight people aged 65 and older has Alzheimer’s—a disease that currently has no cure. Annual costs associated with the disease […]
Wow, today sort of came out of the blue and walloped me with business, so I’m only now getting a chance to post a few updates. Good way to start […]
I have theory, it is a personal theory not quite backed up by empirical evidence, that one of the reasons so many people are single is that they are poor […]
Powell’s water-based states, or How the West wasn’t won
Larry Engel, a film professor in the School of Communication here at American University, has been awarded the prestigious AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award for his work as Director and […]
They were fast, loud and furious—and when things got out of hand the police sent in the snipers. The Guardian pays tribute to America’s west coast punks.