Society

How can academic events be made more inclusive and equitable? A research team from Bielefeld University explored this question during a 2023 international conference on behavioral research. Their findings have now been published in the […]

Law enforcement agencies across Canada are sounding the alarm over a rise in sexual extortion (“sextortion”) against young people.This post was originally published on this website.

Roughly a quarter of adults in the U.S. are caring for elderly family members or children with an illness or disability—and sometimes both at the same time. Despite family caregiving consuming time and resources for […]

Science is advancing faster than ever—and so are its impacts on our lives around the world.This post was originally published on this website.

When people are highly stressed for prolonged periods of time, they can sometimes experience a state known as burnout, characterized by pronounced emotional, mental and physical exhaustion. The stressors leading to burnout could be personal, […]

As people embrace ChatGPT and other large language models, University of Michigan anthropologist Webb Keane says it’s easy for people to imbue AI with a human, or even god-like, authority.This post was originally published on […]

A study comparing evacuation patterns in response to two 2024 hurricanes, Milton and Helene, found that people in coastal areas with frequent hurricane exposure were much more likely to travel out of harm’s way compared […]

Empathy is not just a “nice-to-have” soft skill—it is a foundation of how children and adults regulate emotions, build friendships and learn from one another.This post was originally published on this website.

At a Bristol social club, a psychic medium scans the room, inviting the spirit world into a space more often used for drinking and darts. The medium is talking to a small audience, mostly women.This […]

Personal pronouns like “I” and “you” are among the most common words in the English language—but that doesn’t mean they occur equally often in all kinds of texts. “If you think about it, you wouldn’t […]