Topic
Social Science
Gayoung Lee • March 20, 2024
Anxiety, envy, embarrassment and boredom are the emotions of puberty in Inside Out 2. Here’s what psychologists have to say about them
Kohava Mendelsohn • February 5, 2024
Our love of celebrities can be explained by psychology — but be careful not to go overboard
Kohava Mendelsohn • November 13, 2023
A new study suggests bilingual speakers have more precise memory when working in second language
Kiley Price • December 16, 2022
An interactive experience in NYC thinks it found the key ingredient for getting adults interested in science: alcohol
Daniel Leonard • July 27, 2022
Manhattan’s East Village is home to a neighborhood known as “Little Ukraine.” We sought to learn more about Ukrainian culture by visiting the neighborhood’s central museum
Kharishar Kahfi • July 14, 2022
A mathematical system called “approval voting” allows voters to cast more than one vote, giving minority candidates a chance in elections
Allison Parshall • June 29, 2022
Our brains are easily fooled into taking ownership of a virtual body, decades of psychology research shows
Curtis Segarra • September 25, 2020
Native Americans are often missed by the census — this year COVID-19 is perpetuating the issue
People blame video games for mass shootings more often when the shooter is white, study finds
Anushree Dave • November 19, 2019
How Americans explain the cause of mass shootings points to a broader race issue in society, researchers say
Hannah Seo • October 8, 2019
That stuff you’ve read about “the female brain”? These neuroscientists say it’s garbage
Tara Santora • May 6, 2019
“Sex” and “gender” have long been used interchangeably, but the difference is crucial in science and society
Passant Rabie • February 20, 2019
More than 12 million people worldwide have tested their DNA using consumer tests, but the growing trend belies the products' scientific inaccuracies
Tara Santora • February 14, 2019
“We’re going into a field that isn’t very queer, and we’re going to make it more queer,” says a science and technologies studies major at New York University
Passant Rabie • November 2, 2018
Social scientist Andrea Jones-Rooy says we need smarter ways to engage people in civic life
Dan Robitzski • June 7, 2017
Never mind determining whether a robot can be conscious, we can’t even decide what the word means