Social Sciences

From the inferno of Black Thursday in 1851 to the devastation of Black Summer starting at the end of 2019, bushfires have a powerful legacy in post-European settlement Victoria.This article is brought to you by […]

Large language models (LLMs)—the advanced AI behind tools like ChatGPT—are increasingly integrated into daily life, assisting with tasks such as writing emails, answering questions, and even supporting health care decisions. But can these models collaborate […]

Imagine waking up in a foreign country where you do not speak the language and have no understanding of social etiquette, much less the norms or expectations for engaging with others. This would surely be […]

Close relationships, work teams and local communities… cooperation is necessary for their proper functioning. It turns out that niceness can be conducive to it, as it strengthens bonds and the sense of satisfaction with teamwork, […]

The values of vegetarians diverge sharply from those of meat-eaters, revealing a profile less about kindness and more about individuality, according to psychologist John B. Nezlek at SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities and […]

What started as free tickets to see a flamenco fusion band in Spain turned into an unexpected research opportunity for a team of researchers at Penn State, who discovered a unique example of the power […]

A new study offers the first large-scale, data-driven examination of tech workers’ values across Europe. The findings reveal that while developers tend to be highly individualistic, open to change, and driven by universalist ideals, non-developers […]

American children whose parents divorce when they are 5 or younger have marked disadvantages over the course of life, including reduced earnings and an increased likelihood of experiencing a teen pregnancy, incarceration and early death, […]

Myanmar’s history of prolonged conflict has led to the forced displacement and resettlement of generations of refugees to the U.S., including upstate New York. Since relocating, these refugees’ relationship to fishing has likewise shifted, from […]

During fieldwork in cities in China, I came across a new marital practice, locally described as liang-tou-dun, literally “two places to stay.”This article is brought to you by this site.