More on the Google AdWords Controversy
…found that online searches for people with distinctively black names was 25% more likely to produce an ad suggesting the person had an arrest record – regardless of whether that…
…found that online searches for people with distinctively black names was 25% more likely to produce an ad suggesting the person had an arrest record – regardless of whether that…
Divorce is bad for the environment. Survey shows that doctors fail to report each others’ errors. (Earlier) A complete compilation of science fiction baby names. (Earlier) Researchers study zebra social…
…she sent me; in order to protect the potentially innocent, I will obscure their last names: Eric Wayne XXXXXX — sex charges Nathan Wayne XXXXXX — kidnapping and beating, homicide…
The baby names debate continues. (Earlier) Head of new NYC Office of Financial Empowerment answers questions. (Earlier) Is public peer review necessary in security? (Earlier) Dirty, dirty biofuel…
…Wizard and type them in for yourself — and then be prepared to spend the next several hours typing in other names in this wonderful and wildly addictive little app….
For those seeking a little variety in the name department, the U.K. Times ranks the fifty “craziest celebrity baby names,” including such gems as “Aurelius Cy,” “Fifi Trixibell,” “Moxie CrimeFighter”…
…“Although Rajan is careful not to name names and attributes the blame to generic ‘politicians,’ it is clear that Democrats are largely to blame in his worldview.” Yet if he…
…may recall that Annika made the list of Freakonomics-approved first names — i.e., high-end but mainly obscure names that, if our theory holds true, will increase in popularity in the…
Last year, we talked to NYU sociologist Dalton Conley and his two children, E and Yo, on our podcast “How Much Does Your Name Matter?” Their names — E Harper…
…that numerals aren’t permitted in first names. (Hat tip: Ryan Hayhurst.) And, in non-name news: the International Symposium on Forecasting begins this Sunday, gathering economists, financial analysts, and scientists to…
…favorite topics: elections and first names. It’s called “A Tale of Two Mike Browns in Lake County Politics”: Did Mike Brown, the candidate for recorder, intentionally run on the name…
…and energy than ever into choosing baby names, scouring Social Security records and hiring consultants and numerologists to help pick the “right” name. Following Dubner’s surprise that Thomas the Tank…
…of electronic and dance music (EDM), being seen as passé or “selling out” to commercial interests is so universally loathsome that DJs will cycle through different names and logos during…
…they would one year publish names of the fastest referees, and even give a prize to fast referees who provided excellent reports. I suggested that they instead publish the names…
…it a name. Some people can get by with ironic names like the afore-mentioned ”Christmas dinner” moniker, but for others even this can cause trouble later on. If you know…
…work, of course, if blacks and whites had very different preferences — which, as we’ve seen with TV viewing habits and baby names (to name a few), they plainly do….
New York’s most popular baby names in 2006. (Earlier) The science of four-letter words. Can immigration levels affect gas prices? College pharmacies jack up birth control prices, fewer women fill…
…as proxies for race, as discussed in our “How Much Does Your Name Matter?” podcast, in which the Harvard computer scientist Latanya Sweeney found that distinctively black names are more…
…of feathers? No answers yet for: Chocolate or vanilla? Who’s on first? Who made me? I also recommend entering the names of your loved ones. For example, when I enter…
…period the proportion of US-based authors with English and European names fell while the proportion of US-based authors with names from China and other developing countries increased. The evidence shows…
…of Judicial Conduct (“CJC”) stated that, “the [judicial] candidate should not be informed of the names of his contributors unless he is required by law to file a list of…
…common last names including “Campbell,” “Smith” and “Jones,” as well as “Greg Abbott,” the attorney general. The result? Hundreds of PDF’s for the common names and a handful for Abbott,…
We’ve heard reports here and there of expectant parents plucking a name or two from the various lists of first names in Freakonomics, but these folks are taking it pretty…
…On my menu it was called something like “Coffee mocha milkshake” and on my wife’s menu it was “Chocolate Kona milkshake swirl.” The names were better than that, but one…
…includes a link to a public-records database that lists names and addresses of all members of a certain population. Now, try to imagine which of the following databases might provoke…
…I love when people’s names are aptonyms — names that correlate with their professions. It seems to happen an awful lot with bird people. There’s John Flicker, president of the…
Playing notes on her piano, she demonstrates for Steve why whole numbers sound pleasing, why octaves are mathematically imperfect, and how math underlies musical composition. Sarah, a professor at the…
Every language has its taboo words (which many people use all the time). But the list of forbidden words is always changing — and those changes tell us some surprising…
Every language has its taboo words (which many people use all the time). But the list of forbidden words is always changing — and those changes tell us some surprising…
Adam Smith famously argued that specialization is the key to prosperity. In the N.F.L., the long snapper is proof of that argument. Just in time for the Super Bowl, here’s…
