⚖️ Choices
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🔮Future Selves, Future Others
Explore how our connection to future selves influences decisions today, from Malthus's theories to modern psychological experiments.
🤔Could the Challenger Disaster Have Been Prevented?
On a freezing Florida morning, NASA launches Challenger despite engineer warnings. How did it happen, and what happened in the aftermath?
🤔Free Will
Choice matters - New insights into the philosophy, psychology, theology, and neuroscience of free will
🧠What Is Religious Cognition?
Explore how beliefs in the divine shape our lives and decisions, in this deep dive into the underexplored field of religious cognition.
🌳The Road Less Traveled
Journey back to August 1915 as Robert Frost publishes "The Road Not Taken," forever changing American poetry with its famous diverging roads.
🧠The Neuroscience of Self-Determination
An ambitious new project aims to expand the scientific understanding of human autonomy
🧠Examining the Neuroscience of Free Will
Exploring the enigma of free will, a team of neuroscientists embarks on a groundbreaking $7 million study to decode the neuroscience behind our decisions.
🧠New $5.34 Million Grant to Examine the Neuroscience of Free Will
Exploring the enigma of free will, a team of neuroscientists embarks on a groundbreaking $7 million study to decode the neuroscience behind our decisions.
🤲Nudging Empathy
New interventions may help people open up when confronted with others’ needs
🖖WOW, WHY, HOW?
Post by post, Orbiter is building an online archive of wonder as it explores the big questions of the natural and social sciences
🎓High school debate turns to the Big Questions
Does science leave room for free will? High school debaters have some ideas.
📜Articles | European History for History.com
I had quite a bit of fun writing these pieces on European topics for History.com, exploring figures and events that shaped the continent.
🐴The right to a horse
A thought-provoking perspective from Vint Cerf on the distinction between technology and human rights.
🔮Yearning to know the end of the story
Exploring the intertwined nature of identity and destiny through the lens of prognostication.
⏳How not to do your physics homework
Reflecting on the intersection of scientific ambition and historical significance, this narrative explores the entangled destinies of Foucault's pendulum and the Bunker Hill Monument.
🧠Class, power, and empathy
A study reveals how social class influences emotional recognition abilities.
🎶Snippets of recognition
It's intriguing how quickly we form opinions based on brief experiences, especially in music.
🌍Why can’t we eat spaghetti too?
Diving into Rachel Laudan's critique of the simplistic notions surrounding traditional and modern food practices.
🍓Thinking too much about strawberry jam
A fascinating exploration of how overthinking can distort our preferences, as seen in a jam taste test.
🌽The daily grind
An exploration of the impact of maize processing on Mexican culture and women's roles in society.
🤖The market and the story
A fascinating exploration of the disconnect between automated trading algorithms and the narrative-driven explanations provided by the financial press.
🧘Sit up straight and tell me that!
Research shows that sitting up straight can enhance self-confidence and influence how we perceive our own qualifications.
⚽If you want a masterpiece, the artist has to screw up
Brian Phillips explores the intricate relationship between human error, storytelling, and the aesthetics of soccer, reflecting on the infamous "Hand of God" goal.
🎭Medieval helpdesk
A humorous reflection on the challenges of cultural products in the modern tech landscape, reminiscent of bygone debates on books and technology.
💪Valuing what’s easiest to measure
A reflection on the importance of perseverance and discipline over innate talent in achieving success.
🥕Are carrots protestant?
Exploring the colorful history of our adored carrots reveals a blend of agriculture and politics.
🎁Spend less, give more
Exploring a meaningful approach to the holiday season that emphasizes giving, creativity, and community rather than consumption.
🏛️Life and taxes
A fascinating exploration of how colonial tax policies have left lasting impacts on governance in Nigeria.
📺What a difference a TV makes
Television's impact on women's roles and fertility is profound, as shown in studies from India and Brazil.
🎨One thing that’s dangerous for an artist
Quoting Federico Fellini.
✉️Circadian writing
The similarities between email and letter-writing reveal more about communication patterns than universal truths about human correspondence.
📊How jobs stack up
An exploration of the historical representation of professions in the U.S. Census highlights disparities and trends over time.
😇The utility of guilt
An exploration of guilt's role in shaping morality and behavior in children and adults alike.
📈The not-great, the good, and the awesome
Sometimes humility can lead to underestimating potential.
🌍A tool which will unleash the fullest in someone else
In a thought-provoking exploration, Kevin Kelly argues for the moral obligation to embrace technology for the sake of expanding possibilities for ourselves and others.
🍷Great wine, but what’s it taste like?
A thought-provoking perspective on the complex nature of sensory experiences by Robin Goldstein.
🚫Too much information
An exploration of how highlighting negative behaviors can inadvertently reinforce them.
🧠A Gestures and postures triple-header
Exploring psychological interventions that boost academic performance and creativity through simple yet profound actions.
📱What do 80 texts a day add up to?
A look into how texting affects the development of teenage autonomy, with insights from psychologist Sherry Turkle.
🔧Kranzberg’s 2nd
Exploring the profound relationship between invention and necessity.
🎤Auto-Tune and the cyborg embrace
Embracing the artifice of Auto-Tune can lead to innovative musical expressions, making it a fascinating tool in modern production.
🚫Blue law blues
From Kat Long's exploration of the unintended consequences of New York City's attempts to regulate vice and morality.
🧠The brain, the body, and the world
A philosopher challenges the notion that our consciousness is solely determined by our brains.
🎬Fridge logic
An exploration of TV-writer jargon that highlights the intricacies of scriptwriting with a humorous touch.
🎨My Astronomical Romance
A fascinating exploration of how the aesthetics of Hubble Space Telescope images reflect cultural choices, blending art and science to inspire a sense of wonder about the cosmos.
🌐Poking Facebook
The ease of social networking creates challenges for self-reinvention.
🎶Talent is overrated, practice what you love
An exploration of the role of practice and passion in developing talent, as illustrated by young musicians and insights from Anders Ericsson's research.
🎭Containing multitudes
Zadie Smith reflects on the contrasting expectations for artists and politicians in her essay "Speaking in Tongues."
📚Accomplices in creation
Virginia Woolf explores the intricate relationship between readers and texts, urging us to engage as co-creators rather than mere critics.
🎨Getting back to making
Reflecting on the challenges of balancing creation and curation, Gina Trapani shares her journey with Lifehacker and the motivations behind her desire to return to making.