Coronavirus

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The puzzle of play

The purpose of play — for children, monkeys, rats or meerkats — has proved surprisingly hard to pin down. Scientists continue to toss around ideas.

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Society

Detention nation

As locking up immigrants has become common in the US, scholars tackle ‘crimmigration’ and its complexities

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Society

How to deal with work stress — and actually recover from burnout

Mindfulness, detachment, selecting off-time activities with care: Here are evidence-based strategies to achieve healthy work-life balance

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Society

Racially biased policing: Can it be fixed?

Start with real-world data. Team up scholars and law enforcers. Focus on behaviors and situations. A coalition’s anti-bias work sheds light on a way forward.

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Society

She sees dead bodies

An environmental historian looks at how Americans treat corpses and what it means

Society

Making the case against memories as evidence

Psychologist Elizabeth Loftus has shown that our recall can be woefully unreliable. Slowly but surely, the legal system — and more of her peers — are taking her findings into account.

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Coronavirus

The puzzle of play

Detention nation

How to deal with work stress — and actually recover from burnout

Racially biased policing: Can it be fixed?

She sees dead bodies

Making the case against memories as evidence

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