Uncommon Knowledge

Does homeownership make unemployment worse?

And more surprising insights from the social sciences.

Uncommon Knowledge

My Facebook posts make me love myself

And other surprising insights from the social sciences.

Uncommon Knowledge

The cruelty of markets: Die, mouse

And other surprising insights from the social sciences.

Uncommon Knowledge

Marijuana, shield me from rejection

And other surprising insights from the social sciences.

Uncommon Knowledge

How the hot hand delusion messes with the game

And other surprising insights from the social sciences.

Uncommon Knowledge

Facing death? Try sex

And other surprising insights from the social sciences.

Uncommon Knowledge

When single ladies ovulate, they vote Barack

And other surprising insights from the social sciences.

Uncommon Knowledge

For men, low voices confer power

And other surprising insights from the social sciences.

Uncommon Knowledge

Holding a drink makes you look dumb

And other surprising insights from the social sciences.

Uncommon Knowledge

Faith in science can guide your values

And other surprising insights from the social sciences.

Ideas

“The stalemate over independence here in Western Sahara, Africa’s last remaining colony, raises the uncomfortable question of whether a peaceful breakup of nations is really possible — even when the process, officially speaking, enjoys the full support of the UN.”

Jenn Abelson 

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The Tea Calendar, as it's called, was created by the German tea company Halssen & Lyon as a promotional tool for its tea industry clients.

A daily calendar made of tea

And other recent highlights from the Ideas blog.

The Word

The Word

Why we love ‘cronuts’

The devilish pull of the food portmanteau.

Inside

How Boston changes in summer — by the numbers
A depiction of the interior of a bank owned by the Medici family of Florence. Woodcut, Italian, 15th century.

Someone tell the Vatican: Monarchy and banks don’t mix

Larry Hunter of the University of Colorado.

Q&A

Larry Hunter, the Cassandra of digital privacy
A boarded up home in a housing development in Warrensville, Ohio.

Q&A

Poverty finds the suburbs

Ideas

How Boston powered the gay rights movement

Should the school year be longer?

The daily planner: An American history
Messages at a memorial for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings.

Boston’s Marathon memorial: How much should we save?

American energy independence: the great shake-up

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A baby picture of the Web

Michael Kirham for The Boston Globe

The too-smart city

From Sunday’s Globe | Ideas

The long, weird history of the Nigerian e-mail scam