10.21.2024

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World Series Matchup

The New York Yankees are facing off against the Los Angeles Dodgers this week for the 2024 World Series title. The matchup revitalizes one of baseball's biggest historical rivalries; the two teams—both with roots in New York—have faced off in the championship series a record 11 times since the 1940s, most recently in 1981. 

The matchup was finalized yesterday when the Dodgers defeated the New York Mets 10-5 in Game 6 and after the Yankees beat the Cleveland Guardians Saturday, earning their first World Series spot in 15 years. The matchup marks a relatively rare instance of pitting two No. 1 seeds against one another. Each team also hosts the expected Most Valuable Player from their respective leagues: Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge for the American League and Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani for the National League. 

The first matchup will take place Friday night, with the best-of-seven playoff continuing through next week. See schedule here.  

Stanford Psychologist Dies

Philip Zimbardo, an influential psychologist best known for carrying out the "Stanford Prison Experiment," died last week at the age of 91, the university announced Friday. His six-decade career also spanned research in subjects ranging from persuasion to cults and hypnosis. 

Interested in how situational power affected behavior, Zimbardo designed the 1971 Stanford experiment to simulate a prison environment in the basement of the school's psychology department, with students assigned the roles of either guards or prisoners. The guards—given wide latitude over prisoners with little oversight or repercussions—reportedly began behaving abusively so quickly the experiment was ended six days into the two-week study. Zimbardo argued the results showed situations influence behavior more than commonly appreciated. 

The experiment was later criticized over ethical and methodological concerns, with participant interviews later suggesting some had acted in a manner they thought Zimbardo wanted. The study has never been replicated in a rigorous fashion, leaving the results in question. Learn more about broader replication concerns here.

Georgia Dock Collapses

A ferry dock carrying at least 20 people collapsed on Georgia’s Sapelo Island Saturday, killing at least seven people and injuring eight others, with search and rescue efforts ongoing. The collapse—the cause of which is still under investigation—came amid an annual celebration for the island’s descendants of enslaved African Americans.

Sapelo Island is a 16,500-acre island located 60 miles south of Savannah, accessible from the coast by a 20-minute boat ride. The island is home to around 70 members of the Hogg Hummock community, a group descended from formerly enslaved African Americans who purchased land there after the Civil War. 

Through separation from the mainland, the Hogg Hummock—like other coastal southeastern communities of formerly enslaved African Americans broadly known as Gullah-Geechee—managed to retain much of their Indigenous West African culture and traditions, including skills like cast-net fishing and basket weaving. 

Sapelo Island is a protected property that includes full-time residents and a research reserve. Learn more about the island’s history here.

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