Facing pressure from investors and the government to reduce their carbon emissions, many firms have committed to net-zero emissions targets. In order to meet these lofty goals, one might assume that companies are making costly long-term investments in transformative technologies. But when Kellogg’s Aaron Yoon and his colleagues examined data on thousands of emission-reduction initiatives… →

When you think of gaming the system, it usually implies cheating with malicious intent. But when critical resources are scarce, even well-meaning people can be found bending the rules. In the delicate and uncertain world of organ transplantation, for example, transplant surgeons occasionally resort to gaming the system in an effort to save their patient’s… →

Each year, nearly 5 million children around the world die before the age of 5, including more than 2 million newborns. Many of these deaths are preventable through high-quality hospital-based care. But even routine devices such as syringe pumps and phototherapy lights that are crucial to achieve this level of care—and standard in most U.S.… →

From lobbyists to nonprofit organizations, advocates for all kinds of causes often use statistics to illustrate how widespread a problem is. A fundraising campaign for Alzheimer’s might mention that nearly seven million people are living with the disease, for example. Similarly, a social-justice campaign might assert that the lifetime risk of incarceration for Black men… →

At the supermarket, drugstore, and mall, eco-friendly options abound for everything from laundry detergents to toothpaste. Past research has suggested that people tend to believe these greener, more-sustainable alternatives aren’t as effective as traditional products—for instance, that dishwashing soap with “natural” ingredients will leave their plates less sparkly than “regular” soap. This phenomenon is often… →