Joe Pinsker
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Spencer Platt / Getty How Do Rich Neighborhoods Exist So Close to Poor Ones?
The research of the Harvard economist Raj Chetty shows that the scale of inequality is incredibly small.
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Thomas Damgaard Sabo, Damgaard Photography / Getty How to Respond to Teens’ ‘Emotional Eruptions’
Adolescents’ newly complex feelings are something they often struggle to make sense of.
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artland / Getty The Yale Happiness Class, Distilled
The psychology professor Laurie Santos delivers the “shortest possible crash-course version” of the university’s most popular course ever.
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LightField Studios / Shutterstock / Katie Martin / ... How a Negotiation Expert Would Bargain With a Kid
Some tactical suggestions for managing volatile, sometimes nonsensical negotiation partners
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Frederic J. Brown / Getty Are McMansions Making People Any Happier?
Homes have gotten bigger, but Americans aren’t any more pleased with the extra space.
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Courtesy of Jeopardy / Seth Wenig / Evan ... James Holzhauer Prompted a Fundamental Question About Jeopardy
Is the goal to make more money or stay on the show?
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Jeopardy Productions / The Atlantic How James Holzhauer Finally Lost
“I made peace with my fate before the clue for Final [Jeopardy] was even revealed.”
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Jeopardy Productions How Did Tonight’s Jeopardy Result Not Leak Sooner?
James Holzhauer’s spoiler-worthy performance took place nearly three months ago.
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters How Successful Are the Marriages of People With Divorced Parents?
Marital instability can be inherited—but less often than it used to be.
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Russell Boyce / Reuters Something Is Changing in the Way People Eat at Home
Out with the kitchen table, and in with the couch.
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Mario Anzuoni / Reuters Why Do Schools Read Everyone’s Name at Graduation?
Members of the audience care about their loved one’s brief moment of glory—and no one else’s.
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Alessandra De Cristofaro The New Long-Distance Relationship
The same technological and economic developments that are pulling couples apart are also making geographic separation less stressful and more enjoyable.
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Michele Marconi How I Tried to Defy the Facebook Algorithm
The social network is predictable and dreary. My quest to make it random and fun.
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Phil Mislinski / Getty When Was the Last Time American Children Were So Afraid?
Students used to duck and cover. Now they have lockdown drills.
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C. M. Bell / Library of Congress / ... What Number of Kids Makes Parents Happiest?
Zero? Three? Six? 2.1?
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A3pfamily / Shutterstock The Underlying Messages That Screen-Time Recommendations Send Parents
Providing the sort of straightforward guidance parents desire is hard for anyone, even experts.
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Jeopardy Productions / Katie Martin / The Atlantic James Holzhauer Explains the Strategy Behind His Jeopardy Winning Streak
There are three things that give the seemingly unstoppable contestant an advantage—and this isn’t the first time he’s succeeded on a game show.
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Mike Blake / Reuters Parenting Like an Economist Is a Lot Less Stressful
Emily Oster outlines a data-centric child-rearing approach in her new book, Cribsheet.
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Getty Jeopardy Wasn’t Designed for a Contestant Like James Holzhauer
“James’s performance, I’m sure, is causing grief for an accountant somewhere.”
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Miguel Vidal / Reuters People Underestimate How Fun It Is to Do the Same Thing Twice
It’s common to prize novelty in leisure activities, but research suggests that revisiting the familiar can offer unexpected pleasures.
