Does Military Service Lead to Crime?
…combatants. For example, the military currently uses Iraqi nationals as role-players in training exercises in order to help cadets put a human face and picture on Iraqi society. In addition,…
Nearly 2 percent of America is grassy green. Sure, lawns are beautiful and useful and they smell great. But are the costs — financial, environmental and otherwise — worth the…
…combatants. For example, the military currently uses Iraqi nationals as role-players in training exercises in order to help cadets put a human face and picture on Iraqi society. In addition,…
In the final part of our series, Zachary Crockett talks to a man with a storied — and controversial — career in the body parts business….
…want to check out Loftus’s recent TED talk about her research on embedding false memories in U.S. soldiers. It focused on soldiers who had recently gone through “Survival School” training,…
Say you’re hired for a new job. At the end of a four-week training period, your new boss offers you a big bonus to quit right then. Would you stay…
…the bodybuilder or strength athlete. I am a lightweight strongman competitor and sometimes eat 10,000 calories in a span of 3-4 hours after training for 5+ hours. These meals are…
Nearly 2 percent of America is grassy green. Sure, lawns are beautiful and useful and they smell great. But are the costs — financial, environmental and otherwise — worth the…
…with his second round. Please leave new questions for Captain Steve in the comments section below. Q Is there any way to obtain information on my commercial airline pilot before…
Nearly 2 percent of America is grassy green. Sure, lawns are beautiful and useful and they smell great. But are the costs — financial, environmental and otherwise — worth the…
…under a dollar, in 2004, to around four dollars today. The price of lead has risen so much that thieves have begun peeling lead strips from the roofs of churches…
Takeru Kobayashi revolutionized the sport of competitive eating. What can the rest of us learn from his breakthrough?
This week, Bapu Jena presents some hot-off-the-presses research exploring the relationship between how many patients a doctor sees, and how well those patients do. Plus, the surprising impact of annual…
…could take on extra teaching and earn a few extra bucks. And so going running costs me good money. By my calculations, my 16-week training program comes at an opportunity…
You’ve heard that the weather can make your joints hurt. Maybe you’ve even felt it yourself. But, is it true? Bapu Jena looks at why we think we know certain…
…a very large contribution would automatically come out of my credit card and go to a charity that I very much didn’t support,” Orszag says of his training strategy. “So…
At the start of the 20th century, there weren’t many hospitals in the U.S. That changed in 1918, thanks to the Great Influenza pandemic. Its effects on health care are…
The psychologist Angela Duckworth argues that a person’s level of stick-to-itiveness is directly related to their level of success. No big surprise there. But grit, she says, isn’t something you’re…
…it is usually used as an example of luck winning out over innovation: The typewriter keyboard is central to this literature [against market efficiency] because it appears to be the…
Also: how does a cook become a chef? With Gabrielle Hamilton.
As C.E.O. of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer was famous for over-the-top enthusiasm. Now he’s brought that same passion to the N.B.A. — and to a pet project called USAFacts, which performs…
How did a little green nut become a billion-dollar product, lauded by celebrities in Super Bowl ads? Zachary Crockett cracks open the story….
Also: should you feel guilty if you don’t read books?…
When are negative emotions enjoyable? Are we all a little masochistic? And do pigs like hot sauce?…
Also: is it better to be right or “not wrong”?…
(Photo: Steve A Johnson) The coaching carousel continues to spin in the NBA. In recent days, the Los Angeles Clippers – coming off the best season in franchise history –…
Dubner and Levitt are live onstage at the 92nd Street Y in New York to celebrate their new book “When to Rob a Bank” — and a decade of working…
Many companies say they want to create more opportunities for Black Americans. One company is doing something concrete about it. We visit the South Side of Chicago to see how…
…episode: It turns out that half of all homes in Japan are demolished within 38 years — compared to 100 years in the U.S. There is virtually no market for…
A lot of the conventional wisdom in medicine is nothing more than hunch or wishful thinking. A new breed of data detectives is hoping to change that.
