Social Sciences

When the news broke in the autumn of 2023 that the blast furnaces at the steelworks in Port Talbot, south Wales, were closing, the headlines were laced with emotion: “devastating,” “fear,” “end of an era.” […]

Athlete-owned media is more than a trend; it’s an economic and cultural shift. By creating content and owning their own platforms, athletes are deciding which stories get told, expanding representation and bringing fans closer than […]

Many survey-based studies have been conducted to try to understand how happiness changes over a person’s lifetime. While there have been a few different outcomes, the most common has been the U-shaped curve. This pattern […]

Shows about men still dominate our television screens. But the stories being told are starting to change, with more room for vulnerability and portrayals of male mental illness. These changes include explicit mentions of diagnostic […]

Primary caregivers of children and adolescents say that broad outreach, easy enrollment, and low financial barriers are among key ways to improve access to out-of-school-time (enrichment and recreational) activities in urban, under-resourced communities, new research […]

Unfair or pointless work tasks are driving more employees to mentally check out, turning to the internet to cope with stress, sleepless nights, and next-day burnout, new research shows.This post was originally published on this […]

“In a sense, you listen to every person with different ears, because everyone speaks differently,” says Orhun Uluşahin, who will defend his dissertation at Radboud University on October 17. His research shows that our brains […]

In 2024, approximately 3.1 million Californians 12 and older directly experienced a hate act in the previous year, according to the newest California Health Interview Survey data, which was a half million more than the […]

In Canadian society, the narrative of multiculturalism can lean toward a “color-blind” ideology—a comforting idea that race doesn’t matter and everyone is treated the same—even though such narratives mask persistent inequalities. They may also undermine […]

From Disney’s Scrooge McDuck and Cruella de Vil to DC Comics’ Lex Luthor and Mr. Burns in the Simpsons, there are plenty of examples of wealthy people using their money and power in evil ways. […]