Society

A multidisciplinary archaeological team has examined plague burials from a 17th-century monastery turned hospital in Basel, Switzerland, shedding light on how social status impacted plague mortality in Early Modern Europe. Their study, “All equal in […]

Isolated on a Taiwanese fishing vessel, eight days from the nearest landmass, 22-year-old Indonesian fisherman Sugiama was found dead in his bunk in 2019. His death followed an 18-hour shift and an assault the night […]

Social media is where teenagers spend most of their time, either scrolling and sharing, or sometimes falling into the traps of fake news, toxic content and online drama. But what if we could equip our […]

Psychologists have long known that social situations profoundly influence human behavior, yet have lacked a unified, empirically grounded way to describe them. A new study addresses this problem by using generative AI to systematically classify […]

Child marriage in Malawi has proven to be a persistent problem. Nearly 40% of girls are married by the age of 18 despite legal reforms. New research from the University of Kansas draws on insights […]

Raising a child with a disability presents unique challenges. A relationship education program from the University of Georgia may be able to help, according to a recent study published in the journal Child & Family […]

The small talk you try to avoid because you think it will be boring may actually be more enjoyable than you think, and good for you as well, according to research published in the Journal […]

Going by the headlines, the matter seems to be settled. El País announces that Neanderthal men “chose” sapiens women. Science journal speaks of a “partner preference.” National Geographic is already imagining the “Romeos” of prehistory. […]

Do our norms around sex presentation uphold a constrictive gender regime? In a new article in Ethics, Ophelia Vedder writes that the abolition of hegemonic gender roles must involve the elimination of “compulsory sex-marking,” or […]

Less than half of parents are confident that their children’s school is well prepared if their students become victims of “nudification AI” apps, a survey has found. The survey found that just 47% were confident […]