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The huge snowstorms that hit the mid-Atlantic states may have done more than just close roads and schools. They may also have had a chilling effect on climate change legislation […]
Conventional wisdom tells us that church is good for us and obesity is bad for us. So what are we finding when we research the link between the two? On […]
The EU’s reluctance to bail out a floundering Greece raises all kinds of questions about whether or not European states will ever unify. But we sort of already knew that […]
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Steven Brams’ solution to math’s “cake-cutting problem” can be applied to everything from divorce settlements to land disputes in the Middle East. But does he use it on his own […]
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It’s an anachronism, says the NYU Politics Professor—and the state-by-state “winner take all” rules for presidential elections are even worse.
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One of the originators of “approval voting” explains how his model would prevent the kind of foregone-conclusion elections that discourage voters from participating.
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If the U.S. wants to develop a more rational, representative electoral system, it might look to Germany.
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The “Biblical Games” author and game theorist demonstrates how biblical characters are “by and large rational, God included.”
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The theoretical models Steven Brams constructs could help you make better strategic decisions at the polls.
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A conversation with the game theorist and Professor of Politics at New York University.
In the movie “The Usual Suspects”, the character Verbal Kint, played by actor Kevin Spacey, sits in a police station and spins a yarn neatly explaining the mystery of a […]
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John Abele has ideas for how to fix the problem with math and science primary education in the U.S.
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Defining mental illnesses as precisely as bodily disorders will require more advanced neuroscience, but also a deeper understanding of insanity’s cultural context.
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In the racially charged 1960s, dissent was redefined as insanity, and insanity as criminal behavior. Countless patients are still living with the consequences.
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What is schizophrenia? As the psychiatrist and author of “The Protest Psychosis” explains, its definition has shifted radically over time, becoming increasingly tied to racial politics.
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How the racial coding of mental illness has influenced everything from Martin Luther King, Jr.’s sermons to popular music.
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A conversation with the Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Women’s Studies at the University of Michigan.
Breast cancer patients who take aspirin regularly after undergoing treatment may be less likely to die or be struck down with cancer for a second time, according to new research.
Lasers are vaporizing materials including rocks and steel in order to allow scientists to analyze their chemical composition in transference of such techniques from Mars probes to forensics.
Giant, mottled ceramic sculptures of men and women by the late Viola Frey are among the “unappreciated wonders of late 20th Century art,” according to the New York Times.