Farm stand
Geophysicist Pamela Martin does the math to find out if small, local farms save energy over conventional agriculture.Pamela Martin, AB’89, grew up surrounded by corn and soybeans. In Dwight, Illinois, 80 miles southwest of Chicago, feed crops were everywhere: vast fields with stalk upon stalk marching into the horizon. Martin’s family didn’t farm and when she came back to the city for college, she didn’t expect to return to farm country.
The asymmetry of give and take
Psychology professor Boaz Keysar finds that although people reciprocate kindnesses proportionately, slings and arrows prompt bullets and grenades.
