Want To Make Better Predictions? Researchers Explore How
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View ArticleResearch Explains The Bias Behind Slow-Motion Video Replay
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View ArticleWhy Does This Election Have Us So Down? Social Science May Have An Answer
Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit MARTIN, HOST: It's no secret that this presidential campaign season has been tense, with disagreement and rancor even louder than usual. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED...
View ArticleResearchers Explore The Struggle Of Recognizing Faces
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View ArticleIn Praise Of Mess: Why Disorder May Be Good For Us
"Clean up this mess!"This is a command you've probably given or received in your life. Perhaps in the last day, or even the last hour.To many of us, the desire to bring order to chaos – to tidy up our...
View ArticleThe Gender Wage Gap In The Arts
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View ArticleResearchers Examine Whether First Impressions Are Lasting
Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: So we know that a picture speaks a thousand words, but NPR's Shankar Vedantam is here to tell us how it also gives us really strong...
View ArticleHow Do You Keep From Getting Bored? Researchers Have An Answer
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View ArticleWhy Eating The Same Food Increases People's Trust And Cooperation
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: And, you know, all over the world people say they make friends by breaking bread together. There's this assumption that when you sit down to...
View ArticleResearchers Examine Race Factor In Car Crashes Involving Pedestrians
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View ArticleNew Research Looks At Ways To Help Stop Airbnb Racial Discrimination
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View ArticleHow To Get Low-Income Students Into Selective Colleges
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View ArticleResearchers Examine The Psychology Of Protest Movements
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View ArticleMagic, Or Math? The Appeal Of Coincidences, And The Reality
Magic. That's what it feels like when you bump into your childhood friend on the first day of college ... or meet someone at a party in Paris, only to discover she lives in your dad's childhood home in...
View ArticleHow Illegal Gold Mining Relates To The Spread Of Malaria
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We have a revelation this morning about how people spread disease. You've seen this happen - your co-worker gets sick and then you do. Well,...
View ArticleWhy Recycling Options Lead People To Waste More
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View ArticleThe Triumphs And Perils Of 'Going Big'
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View ArticleWhen Is It 'Terrorism'? How The Media Cover Attacks By Muslim Perpetrators
President Trump has often accused the news media of not covering terrorist attacks adequately. In a speech in February he said, "Radical Islamic terrorists are determined to strike our homeland as they...
View ArticleChild Care Centers Often Don't Hire The Most Qualified Teachers, Study Shows
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: So many studies have found that early childhood education makes a big difference in the lives of youngsters, we collectively consider it so...
View ArticlePain Before Pleasure Makes The Pleasure Even Better, Study Finds
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Here's a question - have you ever done a really big workout at the gym, then gone home and gorged yourself on the first unhealthy thing you...
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