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Social Science
Rambo Talabong • September 17, 2025
As Trump’s second term disrupts climate, health and science policy, reporters on the front share how they cover it all.
Lauren Schneider • September 17, 2025
In some labs, mounting inconveniences feel like busywork that distracts from research.
Marta Hill • September 17, 2025
“It feels like right now, this moment, there's like an existential threat to the largest scientific endeavor in the world,” says NYU assistant professor Grace Lindsay
Lauren Schneider • July 18, 2025
The post-conflict Balkan nation is disconnected from many public health efforts in Europe. Aptly, loneliness researchers are working to change that.
K.R. Callaway • March 6, 2025
What the formation of writing can tell us about human cognition
Kohava Mendelsohn • January 26, 2025
How I found a community where all my best friends are liars
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