Much previous work in the social sciences has involved researchers—often but not always from the Global North—collecting data from rural communities in the Global South on a wide range of topics from public health to […]
Older siblings and friends may play important, and sometimes overlooked, roles in helping parents keep their children safe on online gaming platforms like Roblox and Minecraft, according to new research led by Penn State.This post […]
Does keeping authors’ identities secret during peer review make the process more fair? A new large-scale field study, led by Indiana University College of Arts and Sciences Professor Tim Pleskac in collaboration with Ellie Kyung […]
We live in an age of declining trust in public institutions: parliament, the health and education systems, courts and police have all suffered over the past decade, both in New Zealand and internationally.This post was […]
Artificial intelligence (AI) is being touted as a way to boost lagging productivity growth.This post was originally published on this website.
Eighty years ago this week, Japan surrendered after nearly four years of war in the Asia-Pacific. For Australia, this meant the end of not only the war in the Pacific, but also the Second World […]
Fear of deportation among people in the United States without permanent legal status declines with age, according to a study recently published by a University of Oregon researcher.This post was originally published on this website.
Research by Royal Holloway has found people with a varied social life mentally put their daily experiences into small “events,” compared to more isolated people who see their world as one-long stretch.This post was originally […]
Social norms and behavioral rules, even when outdated, are often resistant to change, but a paper by two University at Buffalo philosophers argues that lasting shifts might be achieved by redirecting the effort to change […]
YouTube has started using artificial intelligence (AI) to figure out when users are children pretending to be adults on the popular video-sharing platform amid pressure to protect minors from sensitive content.This post was originally published […]
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