Behavior

Scientists use big data to understand what separates winners from losers

AIs can learn, and they can beat humans at sophisticated games—but they don’t have the faculty of judgment

The key is remembering that human beings seldom change their mind, their perspective or their behavior based on logic or evidence alone

More than 400 people were asked what they’d say if they could go back in time

They acquire knowledge in remarkably similar ways

Dr. Ellen Hendriksen looks at the many permutations of love, including everlasting love, which, it turns out, doesn’t just happen in fairytales

They’re more likely to have higher childhood IQs and to graduate college

Psychological research suggests it is not

Climate differences are associated with varying happiness, individualism and aggressiveness

Humans have a history of status division stretching back at least 4,000 years

Algorithms are already used to remove online hate speech. Now scientists have taught an AI to respond—which they hope might spark more discourse. Christopher Intagliata reports.

Fear is a hardwired response, but it doesn’t have to rule our emotions