To help build peace in Colombia, we gave the people most affected by the conflict—victims and ex-combatants—a platform to share their stories with other Colombians across the country. Hearing those stories transformed how people understood their former enemies.
On Earth, what goes up must come down. In zero-g, what comes up, floats.
Social science gives us ideas about human nature. What does it mean for the science when those ideas don’t just describe our nature, but shape it?
How does our psychology fuel conflict? How might it help bring peace? Behavioral scientists are racing to answer these questions in the face of increasing global conflict.
As we determine where to allocate effort and money, when to keep going and when to give up, different production functions call for different strategies. Yet, we rarely consider what production functions can tell us about our progress.
Why are some cultures more emotionally expressive than others? One explanation could be that overt emotion helped people overcome diverse linguistic and cultural barriers.