A recent study suggested that the brain becomes accustomed to lying, making people merely puppets of their brains. That’s too simple an explanation – and one that lets liars off the hook.
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No team in sports has inspired better literature than the hapless Chicago Cubs. The oeuvre includes a little-known tale by W.P. Kinsella: ‘The Last Pennant Before Armageddon.’
With the taboo on swearing loosening over the past few decades, will profanity lose its effectiveness in spoken language?
One of the greatest benefits of the Nobel Peace Prize is the fact that, once a year, it promotes a lively discussion about peace throughout the world.
With chips embedded in footballs in Thursday night games, the NFL is moving toward a data-driven future. How will fans, media and teams benefit?
An unparalleled cataclysm on the other side of the globe sets the stage for a gathering of literary titans at which an 18-year-old crafts an unearthly yet timeless tale of unbridled human arrogance.
There are few things Americans like more than lists and money, but ranking philanthropists on the monetary size of their giving distorts our understanding of generosity, argues one ethicist.
Charleston’s Cannon Street YMCA All-Stars thought they’d have a chance to compete for a spot in the coveted Little League World Series. But South Carolina’s Little League director had other ideas.
Cancer is a deadly disease and would have been particularly lethal before the recent development of effective treatments. So why didn’t it – or our susceptibility to it – die out long ago?
A recent study suggesting that medical error is the third leading cause of death in the U.S. made headlines. But the methods researchers used to draw this conclusion are flawed.
Tiny animals along for the ride, called epibionts, could be used as living data-loggers. Researchers can glean info from them that could help inform turtle-friendly fisheries management decisions.
Despite President Salva Kiir and Vice-President Riek Machar’s calls for calm, hundreds have been killed and thousands displaced in renewed fighting in Juba.
The government of Uhuru Kenyatta may wish to reconsider its repeated attacks against NGOs. The country as a whole is likely to benefit if the government softens its stance.
The effort to prove the soul’s existence through physical means is little more than a fool’s errand.
Was this a crime about hate or political ideology? Extremist experts use data to explain what type of crime took place in Florida, and why it matters.
The very goal of science, to discover the new and unknown, is hampered by any outdated personal beliefs scientists hold.
The president of the Thomas Wolfe Society explains why Law had his work cut out for him when he agreed to portray a man who was “a hydroelectric plant of emotion.”
Why have Americans become more receptive to aid in dying, a practice that was rejected throughout the United States until Oregon changed course in 1997?
Hillary Clinton has elevated environmental justice to a high level as a presidential nominee, but as the Flint water crisis demonstrates, the deeper problem lies in ineffective government agencies.
Scientists have identified a small number of people whose skeletons are extraordinarily break resistant, offering hints on how to make the bones of ordinary people stronger.
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Associate Professor of Public Administration, Indiana University
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Assistant Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Indiana University
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Assistant Professor of Business, Indiana University
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Associate Professor of Philanthropic Studies and Donald A. Campbell Chair in Fundraising Leadership, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Professor of Law, Indiana University
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Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs Emeritus, Indiana University
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Assistant Professor of Marketing, Indiana University
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Associate Professor of Biology, Indiana University
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Ph.D. Student in Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, Indiana University
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Professor of Philanthropic Studies, Indiana University
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Associate Professor of Business Law and Ethics, Indiana University
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Doctoral candidate in Philanthropic Leadership, Indiana University
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Associate professor at O'Neill Indianapolis, Indiana University
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Assistant Professor & Director of the Muslim Philanthropy Initiative, Indiana University
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Research Fellow, Kinsey Institute, Indiana University
