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We’re hardwired to love finding patterns, solving puzzles, mastering challenges. Business, education, health, marketing and other fields tap into these drives via game elements to help us hit goals or change behavior.
Once China claimed to lead the way in equality for women. Today, women are warned they will be “leftovers” if they don’t produce children.
Despite its tendency to provoke anxiety-inducing debates in Congress and government shutdowns, the high level of US IOUs isn’t a big deal.
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) has not only failed to close the achievement gap, but has led to schools resorting to corrupt practices in an attempt to show better test results.
According to a study of Vermont doctors, best practice guidelines for prescribing antipsychotic medication to children are followed only half the time.
The world needs new energy technologies to meet global demand and slow emissions. Government plays an outside role in energy so what policies work best for innovation?
Studies show that the more familiar we become with false information, the more likely we are to later remember it as fact.
Health-care providers need to view the health of young gay men within a broader context of personal health and not solely defined by HIV.
Precision agriculture harnesses technology to help farmers grow more food using less water, fertilizer, pesticide, fuel and labor.
Europe’s demand for biomass is putting new demands on US forests, raising questions over how working forests can operate sustainably.
Nearly US$ 3 billion in financial aid is left on the table each year, as students fail to fill out the FAFSA, the free application for federal student aid.
ISIS’s destruction of archeological treasures is horrifying but reflects a too-human history of obliterating the past of “enemy” cultures. Moreover, all is not really “lost.”
Not in terms of the Kardashian-style “personal brands” in vogue these days, but by using the practice’s core principles to make leaders better and more mindful of diversity.
Our two scholars look at the longer term consequences of this week’s elections: in Israel and in the US.
Racial tensions on college campuses may not be much different for today’s students from what they were even 36 years ago, argues associate professor of history at University of Oklahoma.
A bill before congress would create a science laureate position akin to the poet laureate for poetry. But some science stars are already essentially doing the job now.
According to copyright expert Wendy Gordon, the judge bungled his instructions to the jury. From there, the outcome was inevitable.
Citizens of countries that rank higher on the so-called Trust Index tend to be more generous when it comes to tipping waiters.
Today’s elections in Israel could be one of the most significant in the country’s recent history.
Forests, wetlands, wildlife, waterways all provide valuable services to society. Would we take better conserve natural resources if we paid for these ecosystem services?
Politics as partisan blood sport may be fun to watch but may undermine discourse necessary for democracy. A study finds that online town halls may re-engage potential voters in the political process.
Four former university presidents speak up for the liberal arts.
Why the 2015 Israeli elections are witness to big shifts in how minorities vote and why that’s bad news for Benjamin Netanyahu.
From serving newborns to treating hospice patients, music can be used in medical and psychological treatment with surprising – and real – results.