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Alice Robb
Alice Robb is the author of
Don’t Think, Dear: On Loving and Leaving Ballet
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May 20, 2014
Alice Robb
It's Finally Spring! Here's How the Cold Weather Affected Your Brain
May 19, 2014
Alice Robb
Disgusting Odors Make People Less Supportive of Gay Marriage
May 16, 2014
Alice Robb
Your Commencement Speech Will Be Generic and Bland. This Data Proves It.
May 14, 2014
Alice Robb
Women Get Interrupted More—Even By Other Women
May 1, 2014
Alice Robb
Want People to Trust Your Child? Give Her a Name That's Easy to Pronounce.
April 29, 2014
Alice Robb
A Guide to Dealing With NYC Tourists
With the involuntary help of a social anthropologist
April 28, 2014
Alice Robb
37 of 40 Straight British Men Have 'Cuddled' With Another Man
What we can learn from a new paper on homosociality in Britain
April 25, 2014
Alice Robb
How Two Inoffensive Words Became the Most Inflammatory Phrase in English
The affirmative action story
April 23, 2014
Alice Robb
Multilinguals Have Multiple Personalities
April 22, 2014
Alice Robb
Study: Men Don't Last Very Long in Bed—and It Bothers Them More Than Women
April 21, 2014
Alice Robb
How Bad Is China's Moral Crisis?
April 17, 2014
Alice Robb
How Capital Letters Became Internet Code for Yelling
And why we should lay off the all-caps key
April 15, 2014
Alice Robb
Do Jewish Men Postpone Death Until After Passover?
April 11, 2014
Alice Robb
Famous Violinists Can't Tell a Stradivarius from a Newly-Manufactured Violin
April 8, 2014
Alice Robb
Playing Video Games Can Improve Your Dreams
April 7, 2014
Alice Robb
Why Do We Say That Our Phones and Computers 'Die'?
April 2, 2014
Alice Robb
The Tipping System Is a Scam—And Here are Six Ways to Game It
March 30, 2014
Alice Robb
The Science Behind a Laughter Epidemic and Other Ways that Humor Works
March 26, 2014
Alice Robb
Sunglasses Make You Less Generous
March 25, 2014
Alice Robb
Suppressing Traumatic Memories Could Be Good for You
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