We love junk food.
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Many argue the key to helping low-income Americans eat healthier is eliminating food deserts. A new study suggests this doesn’t help.
Last-minute shopping can be stressful.
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Figuring out how much to spend on gifts can be stressful.
People who oppose the death penalty cannot serve on juries in those cases.
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Should all-white juries be permitted in death penalty cases involving black defendants?
Even if the thought counts, the effort might not be worth it.
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Like any personal touch, there’s a chance this common fundraising step makes people feel warm and fuzzy inside. But a five-year research project found that it doesn’t make donors more generous.
Finding accurate answers can be harder than it used to be.
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Children ask a lot of questions, but they’re not always good ones.
The identity of the joke-teller matters more than you might think.
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A new study highlights the importance of the ‘intergroup sensitivity effect’ in comedy, which gives people license to tell certain jokes, but not others.
Media and others prepare the stage for the Democratic presidential debate in Atlanta.
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Health care, immigration and trade have been hot topics during the campaign and are likely to come up during the fifth Democratic debate.
Boris Yeltsin shakes hands with Russia’s most powerful businessmen in Moscow.
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Oligarchs have made headlines recently as the impeachment hearings against President Donald Trump move forward.
Trump has broken a lot of norms.
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Norms are perceptions or beliefs about what we understand the rules for acceptable behavior to be. Trump’s impeachment could help restore some of them.
Abortion rights advocates wear pink shirts while opponents wear red at a public hearing in Boston.
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The Hyde Amendment bans federal abortion funding for most people.
Ukrainians don’t agree on how their president should have handled Trump’s request.
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Trump’s attempt to co-opt Ukraine’s precarious position with Russia worsens existing divides inside Ukraine and weakens US influence abroad.
A firefighter walks along a containment line while battling a 2018 wildfire in Redding, California.
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Researchers like myself are finding transformative new ways to help planners, leaders and first responders tackle disasters from afar.
New York’s offer of incentives to Amazon to open a headquarters in the state faced significant opposition.
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The gap between rich and poor is at record levels in the U.S., yet it varies widely among the states. A political scientist explains why.
More workplaces are banning employee relationships.
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Bosses tend to be oblivious to the power dynamics at play in such romantic entanglements.
This is what a financial crisis looks like on Wall Street.
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The Fed cut rates for the third time in as many months – something practically unheard of in a strong economy.
More Americans say they now avoid the news altogether.
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Whether due to Trump or unhappiness with the mainstream media, Americans say that they are avoiding the news more than before.
Pumpkins are a popular choice for pets.
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Halloween is yet another holiday that has become a mere ritual of America’s very conspicuous consumption.
Employee satisfaction rises when it’s OK to be your true self at work.
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Salaries are not the only factor making it hard to keep talented people on board.
Where has your produce been?
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Take a look at the first high-resolution map of the US food supply chain.
The Getty Fire burns next to the 405 freeway in the hills of West Los Angeles.
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Some Californians want to ban people from living in wildfire-prone areas. Behavioral economics offers a less heavy-handed approach to reducing the costs and risks.