Society

As a physicist and data scientist with a keen interest in gender inequality, Fariba Karimi was amazed to discover that the gender gap in physics has remained almost unchanged since 1900. As the citation and […]

A new research report released by Western Sydney University and Save the Children has revealed more than 6 in 10 children with access to the internet interact with “unknown others” daily despite concerns about online […]

Social media posts, speeches, advertising slogans and leaflets… Why do some of them inspire us to act while we pass others by with indifference? How can we motivate others? What signals, at the linguistic level, […]

Speech consists of a continuous stream of acoustic signals, yet humans can segment words from each other with astonishing precision and speed. To find out how this is possible, a team of linguists has analyzed […]

As the largest section of the orchestra, sitting front and center of the stage performing memorable melodies, it’s easy for violinists to steal the limelight. Ask any violinist why there are so many in an […]

Netflix documentary “The Tinder Swindler” tells the story of a fraudster who convinces women he met on a dating app to “loan” him large sums of money. It shows the devastating financial damage and psychological […]

About one-third of mothers in California were reported to the Child Protection System (CPS) at least once, but the percentage significantly increased as the number of children grew, finds a new analysis from the Brown […]

“Honestly, I can’t wait to have grandkids and spoil them—but I don’t want to be called “Granny.’” (overheard on the No. 96 tram in Melbourne)This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

A Baylor University study has shed light on the often-overlooked experiences of women doing “daughtering” in families, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, which created immense challenges in their relationships with parents and other family members.This […]

According to Statistics Canada, in 2021, 1 in 4 Canadians had at least one mother tongue other than English or French. Many people grow up with their family’s heritage languages—like Mandarin, Punjabi, Spanish or Arabic—as […]