Society

During October in the United States, stores selling Halloween merchandise also are stocking their shelves with Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) decorations, such as plastic marigold garlands and skulls made of sugar […]

Why move to a city? And why leave? Urban centers today see populations ebb and flow for a multitude of reasons—the economy, crowds, lifestyle considerations, air quality, the odd pandemic perhaps. As it turns out, […]

Comments from ordinary users on social media platforms can be a force for good, helping others identify false information and navigate what is accurate, new research shows.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

New research from the University of Eastern Finland identifies three main dimensions in perceived happiness associated with Finnish forests: a bond to natural-like forests, happiness coming from activities in forests, such as berry and mushroom […]

When recognizing faces and emotions, artificial intelligence (AI) can be biased, like classifying white people as happier than people from other racial backgrounds. This happens because the data used to train the AI contained a […]

At first, it looks like love. He’s charming. Always generous, always attentive. He remembers your coffee order, listens to your stories, seems to share your pain. He tells you that you’re the only one who […]

According to new research, 42% of Australians still have low awareness of coercive control. The study, published in the Australian Journal of Social Issues, revealed that nearly half of respondents were unfamiliar with the term […]

“Pundits” kept Sanskrit scholarship alive in remote settlements as British control swept across India, a major new research project will show. The largely forgotten literary figures and their works—ranging from erotic plays to legal treatises—are […]

Life satisfaction among spouses aged over 50 is strongly interrelated, according to a longitudinal study by the University of Eastern Finland and the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare. The extensive, Europe-wide study of nearly […]

Why do some people endorse claims that can easily be disproved? It’s one thing to believe false information, but another to actively stick with something that’s obviously wrong.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.