Child Care Centers Often Don't Hire The Most Qualified Teachers, Study Shows
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: So many studies have found that early childhood education makes a big difference in the lives of youngsters, we collectively consider it so...
View ArticlePain Before Pleasure Makes The Pleasure Even Better, Study Finds
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Here's a question - have you ever done a really big workout at the gym, then gone home and gorged yourself on the first unhealthy thing you...
View ArticleExamining Links Between Academic Performance And Food Stamps
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Poor families who rely on food stamps often find themselves caught in a familiar cycle. In the days after they receive the benefit each...
View ArticleResearchers Explore The Effects Of Section 8 Grants In Houston
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development gives poor families a housing subsidy, and some people use that money to move to better...
View ArticleHow Birth Order Relates To Job Success
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Parents are not supposed to play favorites with their kids, but we have known for a long time that firstborns often have an advantage over...
View ArticleHow Labels Can Affect People's Personalities And Potential
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: We begin this next item with the question, what is it that makes you you? A person's personality and potential can be tricky things to...
View ArticleHow Humans Use 'Strategic Ignorance' When Facts Get In The Way
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: President Trump has talked an awful lot about fake news this past year, and it's not just the president. Other Republicans use this term....
View ArticleRadio Replay: Don't Panic!
It may sound like the plot of a movie: police find a young man dead with stab wounds. Tests quickly show he'd had Ebola. Officials realize the suspects in the case, men in a local gang, may have picked...
View ArticleRadio Replay: The Mind Of The Village
Are you racist? It's a question that makes most of us uncomfortable and defensive. Harvard University psychologist Mahzarin Banaji says while most people don't feel they're racist, they likely carry...
View ArticleThe Weight of Our Words
This week, we look at the language we use around race and religion, and what it says about the culture we live in. In 2014, two shooting sprees occurred six months apart in busy American cities. They...
View ArticleThe Surprising Benefit Of Moving And Grooving With Your Kid
People who spend time with young children know firsthand the power of music. It's easy entertainment. And any teacher who works in early childhood will tell you that singing can yield amazing results....
View ArticleRadio Replay: This Is Your Brain On Ads
After you read this sentence, pause for a moment to think back on advertisements you first heard when you were a child. Perhaps you recall a favorite jingle or the catchphrase of a cereal mascot. You...
View ArticleBaseball Umpires Don't Get Overtime. Does That Affect Extra Innings?
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: Nearly every worker has been in this situation. You're about to go home for the day, and the boss says, I need you to stay a little bit...
View ArticleWho Gets Power — And Why It Can Corrupt Even The Best Of Us
If you've ever visited the palm-lined neighborhoods of Beverly Hills, you've probably noticed that the rich and famous aren't the only ones drawn there. Stargazers also flock to this exclusive enclave,...
View ArticleMarkets Punish Behavior That Reflects A CEO's Lack Of Integrity
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: If you're a CEO, you face lots of oversight from boards and regulators. If you mismanage money or make a bad business decision, there are...
View ArticleWhy Now?
Nearly a quarter century ago, a group of women accused a prominent playwright of sexual misconduct. A Boston newspaper published allegations of sexual harassment, unwanted touching and forced kissing....
View ArticleCompetition Fuels Schadenfreude, Research Shows
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: People learn young that we're not supposed to be happy when something bad happens to someone else. But what if that other person plays for a...
View ArticleWhy Recycling Options Lead People To Waste More
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: So when you recycle paper or an empty bottle, do you get that warm little feeling because maybe you think, hey, I've done something right for...
View ArticleThe Triumphs And Perils Of 'Going Big'
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit LAKSHMI SINGH, HOST: We tend to like stories of leaders who have big ideas and strong convictions, the kind of visionaries who stop at nothing in pursuing their...
View ArticleHidden Brain: Terror Strikes And An Attacker's Identity
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Police in London have identified the driver of the van that drove into a group of Muslims outside a mosque yesterday. He is Darren Osborne, a...
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