How inequality is expressed matters for policy views. Americans may respect and admire how individual billionaires – think Oprah Winfrey or Bill Gates – made…
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In January, local authorities arrested a 36-year-old man named Aditya Singh after he had spent three months living at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Since October,…
The UK Traffic Light nutrition label on pre-packaged processed foods. Credit: Sonia Pombo-Rodrigues, CC BY 4.0 New analysis of 118 studies conducted over 30 years…
People overestimate awkwardness, underestimate enjoyment of deep, meaningful conversations, study finds. People benefit from deep and meaningful conversations that help us forge connections with one…
New developmental psychology work has upended decades of research suggesting that children as young as 4 years old possess theory of mind. Having theory of…
A mathematical equation can assess how you feel about experiences using your mood and brain activity. People can struggle to accurately assess how they feel…
Mistrust of government tops reasons for vaccine hesitancy. People’s trust in the government’s approval of a safe and effective vaccine against COVID-19First identified in 2019…
The ability of cognitive control allows humans to override the brain’s impulses, like focusing on one person in the crowd and ignoring distractions. It also…
Making eye contact repeatedly when you’re talking to someone is common, but why do we do it? When two people are having a conversation, eye…
New research from the University of Southampton shows that removing confectionery and other unhealthy products from checkouts and the end of nearby aisles and placing…
A new experimental setup for studying animal behavior and learning. Your commute to work may seem like a mundane thing, but it is a great…
Crowds Can Wise Up To Fake News Experiment with Facebook-flagged content shows groups of laypeople reliably rate stories as effectively as fact-checkers do. In the…
Beautiful people are more likely to get hired, receive better performance evaluations and get paid more—but it’s not just because of their good looks, according…
Same-sex sexual behaviour may seem to present a Darwinian paradox. It provides no obvious reproductive or survival benefit, and yet same-sex sexual behavior is fairly…
Research team now examines impact of food competition and climate change. A research team from Osnabrück University and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology…
Carolina researchers say downward trend in college drinking could change once students return to campus. First-year college students are reporting drinking less alcohol and having…
Lessons from the pandemic could inform how to deal with other global crises that require collective action, like climate change. Superspreading events have proven to…
Researchers break down social factors behind differing black, white COVID-19First identified in 2019 in Wuhan, China, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused…
New mathematical model incorporates human behavior—and the fears that drive it—to better predict multiple waves of infections. A new mathematical model for predicting infectious disease…
New study uncovers obstacle to certain groups’ professional advancement in academia. The more an academic discipline is perceived to require raw talent or “brilliance” for…