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November 17, 20255 min readHow Influential People Map Their Social WorldThe same brain areas that help us map physical space help us chart social connections, and…

The rules for the 2025 version of the influential Highly Cited Scientists list exclude scientists whose co-authors have engaged in practices such as a tendency to…

Tom Lehrer, the influential song satirist whose darkly comic lyrics gained a cult following decades after he stopped making music, has died at the age of…

Tom Lehrer, a mathematician and satirist whose musical influence peaked in the 1950s and ’60s with his topical songs, died on Saturday. He was 97. Lehrer…

Tom Lehrer, the sardonic singer-songwriter-pianist who rose to national fame after his dark, tartly funny topical songs were used on the comedic ‘60s TV news show…