Research

How the poor improve their lives — and mindset — when they receive financial help

Teaming with NASA to explore the nature of our place in the universe

A Force to Contend With: Hispanic voters have become a crucial factor in American elections

Montana holds the key to a family’s idiosyncrasies in Boris Fishman ’01’s novel Americans

The importance of vaccination, and how its effects can be undermined

Terrorist groups such as al-Qaida, says Jacob Shapiro, are ‘surprisingly mundane’

Case-Deaton study reveals a sharp rise in death rates for middle-aged whites Americans

A study of inner-city Baltimore analyzes how the government treats poor people

Brain research by linguist Adele Goldberg explains why metaphors are so appetizing

Hazy thinking? Mangled facts? Those are what many use to rationalize how they vote