Generally speaking, most people find the idea of workers being replaced by robots or software worse than if the jobs […]
People who don’t drink may still suffer harms from alcohol
Harms to people resulting from alcohol consumption by others in Germany in 2014 are assessed in a study published in […]
A new approach to an old question: How do we actually cooperate? Researchers investigate how cooperation among people is affected by population structure
In the animal kingdom, birds band together to ward off predators, and honeybees work collectively to benefit the entire hive. […]
How today’s high school cliques compare to yesterday’s: Researchers study adolescent peer crowds
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago, in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Texas at Austin, have […]
Mortality rates rising for Gens X and Y too: Reduced US life expectancy is not just the Baby Boomers
Declining life expectancies in the U.S. include Gen X and Y Americans, in addition to the older Baby Boomers. But […]
Bots and Russian trolls influenced vaccine discussion on Twitter, research finds: New study discovers tactics similar to those used during 2016 US election
Social media bots and Russian trolls promoted discord and spread false information about vaccines on Twitter, according to new research […]
Kids stress over public acts of discrimination: Disadvantaged minorities in L.A. area show increased behavioral problems such as depression and substance use
In a sign of the times, new USC research shows that some kids stressed out over recent public acts of […]
Despite social development, gender attitudes chart different course globally: Support for equalizing gender roles rises with rates of women’s employment
In the half century since the birth of the women’s movement in the West in the 1960s, support for gender […]
Blind people depend on timing cues for some spatial awareness
It’s a popular idea in books and movies that blind people develop super sensitive hearing to help navigate the world […]
People love to hate do-gooders, especially at work
Sometimes, it doesn’t pay to be a do-gooder, according to a new University of Guelph study. Highly cooperative and generous […]