How do we transform scattered experiences into a coherent narrative? What drives us—consciously or unconsciously—to seek patterns, purpose, and understanding? This is the first volume explicitly devot...

A look inside the administration’s methodology is a real eye-opener.

WASHINGTON—Addressing the ongoing outbreak in Texas that has infected at least 124 state residents and killed one child, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed Thursday to mak...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

Move to cut indirect cost rate to 15% could cost universities billions of dollars

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

For most researchers, academic publishing serves two goals that are often misaligned—knowledge dissemination and establishing scientific credential...

It’s called the “big problem paradox.”

Department Booth CDR: Operations About the Department The University of Chicago Booth School of Business is the second-oldest business school in the U.S. and second to none when it comes to influencin...

Department Booth CDR: Operations - Communications About the Department The University of Chicago Booth School of Business is the second-oldest business school in the U.S. and second to none when it co...

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We distinguish between goal-specific value, which refers to the intrinsic and extrinsic benefits associated with a particular goal (“value derived from the goal”), and goal-generic value, which refer...

When something dangerous is common, it somehow seems less dangerous.

Describing how dishes are made increases people’s appetite for them.

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Believe it or not, whether it be at the house or back at the office, Thanksgiving dinner can make you a better collaborator.

Traditional economic theory holds that people should always prefer to receive money as soon as possible and postpone paying debt as long as they can. Yet, a recent series of studies found that people ...