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Reporting Science: The Story Behind the Story A Q&A with Benedict Carey of The New York Times
The New York Times, recently talked to APS’s Wray Herbert, about his approach to reporting on psychological science. Benedict Carey, science writer at Herbert: Your recent back-to-school article on myths of studying (“Forget What You
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Colorblind? Or blind to injustice?
In 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a devastating blow to the cause of racial equality, ruling 7-1 in Plessy v. Ferguson that “separate but equal” was the law of the land. The lone dissenter
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Family, Culture Affect Whether Intelligence Leads to Education
Intelligence isn’t the only thing that predicts how much education people get; family, culture, and other factors are important, too. A new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science
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Poignancy and loyalty: The ‘midnight ride’ effect
With the country on the verge of civil war, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote a patriotic poem about Paul Revere, a little-known Massachusetts silversmith and minor hero of the Revolutionary War. “Paul Revere’s Ride” played fast
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Education More Important Than Knowledge in Stopping Spread of HIV in Africa
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Simply teaching people the facts about how to protect themselves from HIV may not be enough to prevent the spread of AIDS in Africa, a new study suggests. Researchers found that villagers
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How schooling leads to good health
People who go to school lead healthier, longer lives. That connection is well documented and unsurprising. But as obvious as this link is to us, the fact is we don’t really know why that’s the
