Society

Myths about how the Black Death traveled quickly across Asia, ravaging Silk Route communities, date back to a single fourteenth-century source, experts have found.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

Environmental crime is big business, often listed among the world’s top five criminal activities, just behind counterfeiting and drug crime. So it would be reasonable to think it is a big priority for global law […]

Jerry Richardson, a Cornell university doctoral candidate in psychology, was dashing into a grocery store on his way to a dinner party when a man outside the store asked him for some food. Richardson obliged, […]

For children and adolescents, it is often important to be popular or liked. But young adults also appear to attach importance to how they are perceived within the group. “If you think you are popular, […]

From ChatGPT crafting emails, to AI systems recommending TV shows and even helping diagnose disease, the presence of machine intelligence in everyday life is no longer science fiction.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

Social media has become such a force that it has become rare to speak with someone without a Facebook, X or even a LinkedIn presence. Scrolling through a timeline on any social media platform will […]

Families with young children are yet again reeling after this week’s Four Corners investigation into abuse in the early childhood sector.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

When humans interact with each other and engage in everyday activities, they typically follow various undefined rules, also known as social norms. These rules include things like greeting acquaintances in specific ways upon meeting them, […]

Research involving Pompeu Fabra University has explored the relationship between having or not having a romantic partner with changes in fertility desires in Japan. The study, which involved Ryohei Mogi, a researcher at the University’s […]

Women do the majority of “thinking work” in households, regardless of their employment status or how much they earn, new research has confirmed.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.