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Original, thought-provoking reports from the front lines of behavioral science.
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What It’s Like to Be…a Harbor Pilot
https://behavioralscientist.org/what-its-like-to-be-a-harbor-pilot/
Published: June 4, 2025 12:59
Scaling three-story rope ladders up the sides of ships, memorizing every rock and current in a harbor, and narrowly avoiding catastrophic collisions with Captain Grant Livingstone, a retired harbor pilot. What do you do when your engine and anchors fail in…
Burning Questions: A Collection of Perspectives on Climate Action
https://behavioralscientist.org/burning-questions-a-collection-of-perspectives-on-climate-action/
Published: June 3, 2025 19:41
Last year was the hottest on record. For the first time, the annual average global temperature pierced the 1.5 degrees Celsius threshold set by the Paris Agreement a decade earlier. That threshold was established by the 195 nations that signed the…
The Future of International Aid: A Conversation Between Dean Karlan and Nicholas Kristof
Published: May 25, 2025 20:09
International aid looks nothing like it did six months ago. Emergency food assistance sits in abandoned warehouses. Health workers who administered life-saving treatment were there one day, gone the next. People who relied on the United States for food and…
‘Radical Uncertainty’ and Trump’s On-again, Off-again Tariffs
https://behavioralscientist.org/radical-uncertainty-and-trumps-on-again-off-again-tariffs/
Published: May 25, 2025 20:06
Years of research in psychology have taught us how important it is for well-being to live in a world in which we can predict and control the things that matter. As Martin Seligman, among others, has shown, lack of predictability produces anxiety, and lack…
What It’s Like to Be…a Hospice Nurse
https://behavioralscientist.org/what-its-like-to-be-a-hospice-nurse/
Published: May 22, 2025 13:15
Comforting patients as they prepare to transition, navigating end-of-life regrets and frayed relationships, and providing support and advice for fearful families with Heather Meyerend, a retired hospice nurse. How does she know when the end is imminent?…