The hot sauce linking violence to video games

The hot sauce linking violence to video games It's literally hot sauce—sometimes loudness—and that's why the evidence linking violent video games to real world violence is problematic. “Mario Party 9 is considered violent, because the characters purposely hop on other...

The mismeasure of scientific significance

M arch brings St. Patrick’s Day, the true significance of which has been lost in the froth of green beer and blarney. But without Patrick bringing Christianity to Ireland, Ireland could not have returned it through a rich Insular culture—the written word and the...

Black Coffee is Not a Sign You Are a Sadist

Black coffee drinkers are more likely to be psychopaths and sadists, screamed a slew of recent headlines (see: Huffington Post and Quartz). And the content of some of these stories was equally hyperbolic: “Are you wondering whether to trust someone you recently met?...