Economic Growth
This is what the Olympics tell us about human emotion
The Olympics can tell us a lot about emotion, and whether it's something we're born with, or that we learn.
Ana Swanson is a Reporter at The Washington Post.
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Arts and Culture
Mozart, Beethoven and why happiness can get in the way of creativity
An economist at the University of Southern Denmark explores the link between emotions and artistic brilliance.
Arts and Culture
This model predicts the final Olympic medal table using nothing but economics
A team at the Tuck School of Business released a predicted medal table for Rio 2016. The unusual part: this model is not based on sporting knowledge.
Emerging Technologies
Can't chart emotions? Think again
These vizualizations attempt to 'quantify the self'.
This square isn’t actually rotating. Here’s why
Gideon P. Caplovitz discusses how optical illusions work, and what clues they are offering new generations of neuroscientists.
Climate Action
Scientists have learnt a lot by compressing 15 years of satellite images
Scientists are trying to get a more accurate picture of the planet by looking at cloud cover.
Financial and Monetary Systems
6 maps that could change your perspective on the world
In an interview Parag Khanna, a global strategist, discusses his innovative ways of viewing the world.
Emerging Technologies
The real reasons you procrastinate – and how to stop
How exactly does procrastination work, and how do you stop it? This might help explain why you haven't started that important task yet.
Economic Growth
What rich countries get wrong about poverty
New research suggests that for much of the world, the big problem isn’t inequality – it’s poverty.
Urban Transformation
These maps reveal the sounds of our cities
Researchers grappling with the issue of noise pollution have created sound maps of major global cities.
These maps show how empty one half of the world is
This series of maps shows how half of the globe has an incredible 92.9% of the world's population and most of its land.
Business
Learning what to ignore is a powerful tool for improving your focus
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University suggests that learning to ignore certain things can improve focus on everything else.
Economic Growth
These are the jobs where women's wages still lag behind
This interactive chart shows how women's earnings have changed since 1960.
Geo-Economics and Politics
How to use maths to predict terror attacks
Researchers have developed a technique for predicting terrorism.
Nature and Biodiversity
What do people mean when they say they're happy? It depends where you live
Ideas of happiness can differ worldwide, and creating a definition of happiness for people around the world is not as straightforward as it seems.