Research

In Short

Faculty Book: Samuel Hynes

Capturing the Allure of Flying in the Great War

Faculty Book: Stephen Macedo

Love and Marriage

Computer Science: Bombs Away!

An app may automatically eliminate the passing car that ruined your photograph

Q&A: Derek Lidow ’73

Leadership Savvy Trumps Inventive Ideas, Says Tech Entrepreneur

Psychology: First Impressions

How much can we learn by judging other people from their faces?

History: America the Profligate

Why we save so little, spend so much, and borrow like crazy

Faculty Books

Faculty Book: Tali Mendelberg

Speak Up! Women Lack Confidence in Debates

Q&A: Author to Author: A Future in Ruins

Religion: Spiritual Awakenings

Little-known religious movements gave a fresh identity to African-Americans

Geosciences: Visualizing the Earth’s Interior

Nuclear Science: Trust But Verify

A technique to authenticate warheads could improve nuclear disarmament

Computer Science: Improving the Internet’s Busy Roadways

Religion: The Good Samaritan

How do we think about our obligations to strangers in a global community?

In Short

Sociology: Secret Societies

Matthew Salganik tracks hidden populations to improve public health

Musical Theater: Danger as Well as Joy

Musical theater expresses our struggles for community, says Tamsen Wolff

Three Views on Psychology: the Brain at Work

Memory Bank

Engineering: Aloft, Zondlo Tracks Greenhouse Gases

Q&A: Lucianne Walkowicz, Astronomer on Board

She rides the C train to bring astrophysics to New York City commuters

Three Views on Psychology: A Writer's Imagining

Behind the Hysteria

Sociology: Understanding Gender

Tey Meadow studies parents who advocate for their transgender children

In Short