Shankar Vedantam is a reporter with National Public Radio. In 2009-2010, he was a Nieman fellow at Harvard University. Between 2006 and 2009, he wrote the popular Department of Human Behavior column ...

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Create an account or log in to save stories. Lies can be deadly. We saw it in 2020, when vast swaths of society downplayed or even denied the reality of the pandemic. We saw it at the start of this ...

Shankar Vedantam came to Brigham Young University armed with a message of peace and history. The journalist, author and former NPR correspondent spoke on the power of peaceful protests Tuesday in a ...

Shankar Vedantam, host of the 'Hidden Brain' podcast and former NPR science desk correspondent, spoke in the Jan. 25 BYU forum address. He emphasized the stories of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther ...

A study shows that rating systems for online marketplaces are prone to inflation, because raters feel pressured to leave high scores. OK, so you have just hopped out of an Uber or a Lyft, for example.

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A new study looks at friendships in the workplace. Researchers found friendships do improve workers' job performance reviews but they also detract from performance — leading to emotional exhaustion.

Shankar Vedantam, science correspondent, journalist, and author, will speak at Brigham Young University on Tuesday from 11 a.m. to noon. Vedantam’s presentation is entitled “The Science of the Beloved ...

This is KPBS midday edition. I'm Maureen Cavanagh. We all like to think we make rational decisions based on facts and clear thinking. Maybe we get carried away every once in a while but most of the ...

Hidden Brain: An Evening with Shankar Vedantam is coming to the Curran Theatre on Sunday, February 2 at 7 p.m. Tickets (starting at $58.50) are on sale now and are be available for purchase online.