How Immigrants Drive Entrepreneurship and Innovation
New research reveals how immigrants are making the economy hum. Far from taking jobs, immigrants are creating them.
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Pursuing the Psychological Building Blocks of Music
Humans are wired to produce and understand music, suggest researchers in an ambitious new study. Despite the evidence, not everyone is likely to be convinced.
Solving the Problem of “Obviousness” with Prediction Platforms
In the fall issue of Public Opinion Quarterly in 1949, sociologist Paul Lazarsfeld pulled one of my favorite social science head fakes of all time.
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What’s the Deal with American Flag Fashion?
American flag fashion is as odd as it is controversial.
Who Asks Questions, And What It Tells Us
Does assessing question-asking behavior give us valuable data about women’s empowerment and gender equality? Or does it simply give us one piece of data from a much larger pie?
Who Cares About the Environment?
New research reveals that the general public is largely under the (incorrect) impression that whites are more concerned than nonwhites about environmental issues.