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Anthropology
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July 10, 2023Who Decides What a New Planet Looks Like? It’s an Artist, Not a Telescope
Discovering new planets is an imaginative process. Astronomers can decipher a planet’s weight and temperature, but it takes an artist to interpret the numbers into a place we can imagine and understand.
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December 3, 2019
Pursuing the Psychological Building Blocks of Music
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May 21, 2019
Copy Ourselves Out of Existence? A Conversation on Decision-Making in the Age of Social Influence
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Behavioral Design
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September 11, 2023When Writing for Busy Readers, Less Is More
Want more people to read and respond to your messages? It’s simple. Write less.
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September 4, 2023
The Surprising Origins of Our Obsession with Creativity
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May 15, 2023
Five Enablers for a New Phase of Behavioral Science
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Behavioral Economics
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August 30, 2023Amid Uncertainty About Francesca Gino’s Research, the Many Co-Authors Project Could Provide Clarity
The Many Co-Authors project is a new initiative, led by a group of Gino’s coauthors, aimed at reviewing of Gino-led studies to help address concerns surrounding the body of her coauthored work.
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June 19, 2023
Encourage Plant-Based Diets with Choice Architecture, Not Bans or Marketing Stunts
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May 8, 2023
An Extraordinary Story for the U.S. Supreme Court, an Ordinary One for Human Psychology
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Economics
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December 1, 2022A New Look at the History of U.S. Immigration: A Conversation with Ran Abramitzky
In their book, Streets of Gold, Ran Abramitzky and Leah Boustan use big data to trace the stories of immigrants to the United States. Their findings are a call to revise many popular beliefs about U.S. immigration.
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Slavery and Economic Growth in the Early United States
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Education
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June 26, 2023How Leaders in Higher Education Can Embed Behavioral Science in Their Institutions
To help higher education fulfill its mission in the near and long term: use behavioral science as a lens, see the system, and build behavioral science into organizations.
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December 12, 2022
The Biggest Challenges Facing Higher Education Are Those of Student Belonging. EdTech Can Help.
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September 12, 2021
Helping Students Avoid the “Engagement Cliff” through High School Redesign
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Marketing
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March 13, 2023The Magic of Knowing When to Use Concrete vs. Abstract Language
When trying to make language either more concrete or more abstract, one helpful approach is to focus on either the how or the why.
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July 18, 2022
Customer Segmentation Needs a Behaviorally Informed Upgrade
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May 10, 2021
Too Much of a Good Thing—Overly Positive Online Ratings—Makes for Difficult Decisions
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Network Science
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April 2, 2019When the Nerves of Knowledge Send False Signals: A Conversation on Our Age of Misinformation
How do false beliefs spread, and what are the consequences?
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December 4, 2018
The $2 Million Urinal: Why Hard Work Doesn’t Cut It
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May 29, 2018
“Bursty” Communication Can Help Remote Teams Thrive
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Neuroscience
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August 2, 2022Walking in the Dark: Creating a New Virtual Map in Your Brain After Loss
For your brain, grief is a learning problem, and it can only be solved with new experiences over time.
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September 6, 2021
From Strangers to Teammates: How Getting on the Same Wavelength Might Be More than a Metaphor
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March 15, 2021
What Dreams May Come and Why and How
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Organizational Behavior
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July 5, 2023Harvard Professor Under Scrutiny for Alleged Data Fraud
Francesca Gino is under scrutiny for allegedly fabricating data in at least four studies. Here’s what we know and the questions that remain unanswered.
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November 14, 2022
Policies for Adapting to the ‘New Normal’ of the Anthropocene
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October 16, 2022
The Open Secret of What Works—and What Doesn’t—for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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Philosophy
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April 19, 2021We Can All Be Fundamentalists, and Fundamentalism Is Everywhere
A conversation with the authors of “Minds Wide Shut” about how to avoid a destructive, and pervasive, mode of thinking that affects all of us.
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December 3, 2019
Gendered Division of Labor Served a Purpose. To Make Progress, Don’t Erase It. Replace It.
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September 30, 2019
Climate Change and Our Emerging Cultural Shift
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Political Science
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May 3, 2021How “Social Penumbras” Explain Shifts in Attitudes Toward Different Social Groups
Why have some groups fighting for acceptance been successful while others have not? It’s about who you know and how many know you.
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April 5, 2021
To Reduce Political Hostility, Civility Goes Further Than Compromise
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April 5, 2020
In Times of Disagreement, How to Find Unsticking Points
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Psychology
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July 17, 2023How the Possibility Grid Can Help You Evaluate Evidence Better
The possibility grid is a universal tool to draw attention to what is absent. It alerts you to think about rates of success rather than stories of successes.
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June 26, 2023
Tap into the Wisdom of Your ‘Inner Crowd’
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June 12, 2023
The Time Traveling Mistake We Make When We Procrastinate
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Public Policy
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October 10, 2022How a Sludge-Filled Policy Stoked Uncertainty and Fear for Immigrant Families
In 2019, a harsh immigration policy deterred many immigrants from applying for the public assistance they needed. A revamped rule aims to right that wrong.
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August 24, 2022
Revising America’s Immigration Myths, Past and Present
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May 18, 2022
Behavioral Jurisprudence: Law Needs a Behavioral Revolution
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Sociology
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September 18, 2023What Does Boredom Teach Us About How We Engage with History?
Teenagers get bored about a lot, but boredom is not a given. When it comes to engaging with difficult topics, it’s worth asking: Whose interests does boredom serve? What does it help people avoid?
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April 26, 2021
What Our Pets Can Tell Us About Our Future With Robots
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June 8, 2020
How Racism Shapes My Habits
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