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What football goalies do wrong can teach us how to be better at solving problems
The best way for goalies to defend against penalty kicks during a football match is to stay relatively still, but they almost always dive. Why? Action bias. We simply can’t stand doing nothing in the face of a challenge, even when it’s the smartest course of action.
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Social psychology
What happened when a crypto scam swept over a sleepy town in the Caucasus
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Cognition and intelligence
A father forgets his child’s name for the first time in this poetic reflection on memory
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Sports and games
Havana’s streets become racetracks in this exhilarating portrait of children at play
5 minutes
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Virtues and vices
Why Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Adam Smith were divided on the virtues of vanity
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Childhood and adolescence
The police camp where tween girls enter a sisterhood of law and order
28 minutes
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Neuroscience
Dog vision is a trendy topic, but what can we really know about how they see?
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Anthropology
Why are witchcraft accusations so common across human societies?
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Subcultures
Drop into London’s eclectic skate scene, where newbies and old-timers find community
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Technology and the self
A deepfake porn victim confronts the pain of having her likeness stolen and vandalised
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