In a quiet laboratory at the University of Amsterdam, two researchers constructed something unusual: a social network inhabited entirely by […]
Sociology
Study Examined How Illness Reshapes Work, Chores, and Finances in Relationships
Illness within a household not only disrupts an individual. It ripples through every shared routine, testing emotional resilience, financial stability, […]
Ostrich Effect: Study Identified the Age We Started Avoiding Information
Psychological Science published a paper on 15 September 2025 detailing an investigation headed by University of Chicago researcher Alex Shaw […]
Danish Study: Both Stories and Statistics Can Change Perceptions of Discrimination
Activists have argued that statistics alone cannot make the privileged see injustice. But charts and numbers tend to impress academics. […]
Do Higher Taxes Really Drive U.S. Millionaires to Move?
A study published in September 2025 in the American Journal of Sociology has examined whether high taxes encourage wealthy Americans […]
How Alcohol May Have Helped Build Complex Societies
Fermented or alcoholic beverages have been more than mere indulgences throughout history and across ancient and modern civilizations. Anthropologists have […]
Support for Legal Abortion in the U.S. Remains Strong Despite Slight Decline
Public support for legal abortion in the United States remains firm, according to the mid-July 2025 survey by The Associated […]
New Superman Movie: Pro-Palestine or Pure Fiction?
The new Superman film directed by James Gunn has sparked widespread debate. Viewers have noted striking similarities between its fictional […]
The Shopping Cart Theory: Explained
It was in 1937 when American supermarket chain owner Sylvan Goldman desired to replace shopping baskets with wheeled carts that […]
Once a Liar, Always a Liar—Study Reveals
Researchers have long debated whether people behave consistently across situations. This question becomes even more important when the behavior in […]