Research

Psychology: Your Attention, Please

Distractions in our visual environment can impede our brains’ ability to function

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

Q&A: Patricia Fernandez-Kelly — Among the Poor

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

New Releases

Psychology: Sweet Discovery

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

Life of the Mind

History: A Murder in Mexico

Never-before-seen photographs shed light on Leon Trotsky’s murder

Politics: Swaying Voters

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

Q&A: Meredith Martin, From Books to Bytes

In Short

Chemistry: Micro-Warrior

Unlocking the secret of “silent genes” may lead to the development of new antibiotics

In Short

Faculty Book: Brian Herrera

Psychology: Baby Steps for a Baby Lab

A new facility will examine how the infant brain develops, one cute kid at a time

Jefferson's Great Bargain

Economics and Public Affairs: Trial and Error

Double-blind trials — the gold standard in medical research — may need refining

Astrophysics: Holes in Space

David Spergel ’82 answers the question: Did Interstellar get the science right?

Awards for Innovation