Going Green Can Make You Mean

Going Green Can Make You Mean

The presence of green goods makes people kinder, but purchasing them gives people license to behave badly.

For those of us dogged by a sense that our annoyance with our gone-green friends is more than our own environmental shame, we finally have proof. While exposure to eco-friendly products encourages people to be kinder, a new study finds, buying green goods gives people an excuse to behave badly. More…

environment

Making Dirt Out of Dinner

Making Dirt Out of Dinner

New York City’s universities are turning kitchen scraps into compost

in the environment blog

Going Green Can Make You Mean

The presence of green goods makes people kinder, but purchasing them gives people license to behave badly.

environment

Biotech on a Budget

Biotech on a Budget

Could garage biology inspire a new generation of inventors?

in the life science blog

In the Case of the Musk Ox Decline, Man is Not Guilty

Genetic evidence shows environment, not humans, killed off Arctic beasts

environment

Avoiding Risk at Your Own Risk

Avoiding Risk at Your Own Risk

Studies Show Childhood Vaccination Exemptions May Be Overused, Create Larger Public Health Problems

in the health blog

Jersey Shore Juice Heads: More Than A Fad?

Shifts in male body image may lead to lower self-esteem and more frequent supplement use

environment

Echoes from the Future of Opera

Echoes from the Future of Opera

A mashup of music and technology at the MIT Media Lab

in the physical science blog

Up And Down Are Big

We don’t usually associate movement with size. Saying that “up” and “down” are big is nonsensical. A dimension is a dimension is a dimension. Right?