sociology
Six Degrees of Separation at Burning Man
What our experiment in the desert taught us about social networks and human cooperation.
Why We Need Court Jesters in Space
Behavioral scientists explain why Mars missions need humor.
Wikipedia and the Wisdom of Polarized Crowds
A lesson in how to break out of filter bubbles.
The Well-Meaning Bad Ideas Spoiling a Generation
Psychologist Jonathan Haidt on politics, morality, and the coddling of the American mind.
Watch and See: The Medium Really Is the Message
How communication technologies shaped the arts and sciences.
The Euclidean Metrics of Trump’s Twitter Account
How online personalities are quantified and compared.
What a Russian Smile Means
How culture and history make American and Russian smiles different.
Why Women Choose Differently at Work
Psychologist Susan Pinker on the role of choice in gender differences in the workplace.
Your City Has a Gender and It’s Male
Why city designers are increasingly thinking about the female perspective.
Would Twitter Ruin Bee Democracy?
Simple-majority democracy is used by many animals. But they don’t have social media.