It's OK To Protest In China, Just Don't March
Thousands of messages posted on the Internet every day in China get censored. Until now, little has been known about how the Chinese censorship machine works — except that it is comprehensive."It...
View ArticleDiet Of Defeat: Why Football Fans Mourn With High-Fat Food
Backing a losing NFL team isn't just bad for your pride.It's bad for your waistline.A study that links sports outcomes with the eating behavior of fans finds that backers of NFL teams eat more food and...
View ArticleSmart Teenage Brains May Get Some Extra Learning Time
John Hewitt is a neuroscientist who studies the biology of intelligence. He's also a parent. Over the years, Hewitt has periodically drawn upon his scientific knowledge in making parenting...
View ArticleWhy Are Kids Who Get Less Candy Happier On Halloween?
What makes trick-or-treaters happy is candy. And more candy is better, right?Well, it turns out that might not actually be the case. A few years ago researchers did a study on Halloween night where...
View ArticleLessons In Leadership: It's Not About You. (It's About Them)
Ronald Heifetz has been a professor of public leadership at Harvard's Kennedy School for three decades, teaching classes that have included aspiring business leaders and budding heads of state. Each...
View ArticleCash Or Credit? How Kids Pay For School Lunch Matters For Health
American kids have a problem with obesity, according to the most recent studies. In fact, the closest thing we have to good news about childhood obesity is that kids are not gaining weight as rapidly...
View ArticleMinority Aspirants To Federal Bench Are Hindered By Underrating
Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block.AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: And I'm Audie Cornish. When a president taps someone to become a federal judge, the...
View ArticleDoes Diversity On Research Team Improve Quality Of Science?
As science becomes more diverse, scientific collaborators are growing more diverse, too. New research exploring the effect of this change suggests the diversity of the teams that produce scientific...
View ArticleWhat's In A Grunt — Or A Sigh, Or A Sob? Depends On Where You Hear It
Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: From NPR news this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block.ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: And I'm Robert Siegel. Hear a laugh, you know someone's happy. Hear a sob, you know...
View ArticleWhen Work Becomes A Haven From Stress At Home
In the land that came up with the phrase "Thank God it's Friday," and a restaurant chain to capitalize on the sense of relief many feel as the work week ends, researchers made an unusual finding in...
View ArticleWhy We Think Ignorance Is Bliss, Even When It Hurts Our Health
Medical tests are rarely a pleasant experience, especially if you're worried that something could be seriously wrong. That's true even though we know that regular screenings and tests often help...
View ArticleWhat's In A Name? It Could Matter If You're Writing To Your Lawmaker
In recent years, social scientists have tried to find out whether important decisions are shaped by subtle biases. They've studied recruiters as they decide whom to hire. They've studied teachers,...
View ArticleWhy Your Brain Wants To Help One Child In Need — But Not Millions
Why do people sometimes give generously to a cause — and other times give nothing at all?That's a timely question, because humanitarian groups fighting the Ebola outbreak need donations from people in...
View ArticleWhy Our Feelings Toward Some African-Americans Change On MLK Day
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: We will be celebrating the life of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. this Monday. This is also a time when many people stop to...
View ArticleAttempt To Get More People On Board With Organ Donation Backfires
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: Many patients in the United States die because there are not enough organs available for transplantation. This is because compared to many...
View ArticleThe Unintended Consequences Of A Program Designed To Help Homeowners
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View ArticleDespite Improving Job Market, Blacks Still Face Tougher Prospects
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The outlook for jobs has been growing better over the last few years, but there are still many young people looking for work. And things have...
View ArticleDo E-Signatures Change How People Think Of Documents?
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Let's talk about a side effect of technology. Many people can use e-signatures. You know, you're given a form. It's sent to you online. You...
View ArticleToo Sweet, Or Too Shrill? The Double Bind For Women
Fewer than 1 in 5 members of Congress are women. At Fortune 500 companies, fewer than 1 in 20 CEOs are women. And if you look at all the presidents of the United States through Barack Obama, what are...
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...
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