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Increasingly, however, there is reason to believe that conventional wisdom is mistaken. Granted, young people are disillusioned, but this hardly distinguishes them from the rest of the population. President George W. Bush’s approval ratings are consistently low, and according to Newsweek over half of adults now believe...
At age 71, she’s still a character that endures and endears—her dress is the same bright red, and her licorice locks haven’t lost their bounce.Lulu Moppet, better known as the lively “Little Lulu” of the eponymous...
Are you being manipulated by hidden prejudices? Research by Mahzarin Banaji suggests you probably are. On Friday afternoon, Banaji, the Cabot professor of social ethics in psychology, presented research about the prevalence of “mind bugs,” or implicit biases that prejudice people without their knowledge...
Although wage initiatives crop up periodically, this year the stagnation of the federal minimum wage inspired initiative proponents to add a powerful element to each of their proposals: indexing the wage floor to inflation. The idea is to ensure that low-wage workers don't see their purchasing power decline...
Collins' devotion to genetics is, if possible, greater than Dawkins'. Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute since 1993, he headed a multinational 2,400-scientist team that co-mapped the 3 billion biochemical letters of our genetic blueprint, a milestone that then President Bill Clinton honored in a...