sociology

New research suggests that rather than making them look soft, acts of kindness and altruism increase leaders' standing in a group.

The things we find funny can also tell us a lot about our cultural moment, our attitudes and ...

Separation from iPhones can cause users serious psychological and physiological effects, including poor performance on cognitive tests, according ...

People known as "acquired savants" have spectacular abilities that emerge suddenly, usually after a brain injury. In these ...

The famous theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has revived the debate on whether our search for improved artificial intelligence ...

Autumn is awash with alcohol, and not just because of the new vintage. Oktoberfest plays a part, too, ...

Democrats and Republicans are increasingly split along political party lines, and new research suggests those partisan sentiments are ...

A warm egg, white shell almost translucent, plops into the wire mesh gutter and rolls forward. There is ...

PARIS—Could the French people be « happy being unhappy », as suggested by The New Yorker?  Half truth, half ...

The sense that you’re not the only one tackling a challenge—even if you’re physically alone—can increase motivation, say ...

Our brains are able to judge the trustworthiness of a face even when we cannot consciously see it.

People who can't talk after a stroke can often sing—and they are even able to access all the ...

Treeplanting is a job that brings extreme mental and physical challenges, and thus great personal growth. I spent ...

Is beauty universal or relative? Esther Honig contacted 40 designers from 25 countries, asking them to alter a ...

Some of the fierce animals we dread have saved human children in distress and even taken care of ...

In a mysterious pyramid in China's Qinghai Province near Mount Baigong are three caves filled with pipes leading ...

As part of New America’s 10 Big Ideas Conference, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton explained why American ...

Why is a Raven like a writing desk? I don't know, but here's why a raven is like ...

The colors we wear could affect how we feel and affect the “vibes” we give others, says Australian ...

Without realizing it, we may be sensing a type of energy related to people’s thoughts and emotions.

Just one generation ago Australian schoolkids were taught that Aboriginal people couldn’t count beyond five, wandered the desert ...

A growing number of scientists are calling for a shift in scientific methods to acknowledge phenomena commonly experienced ...

New research confirms what Google already knows—greater employee happiness results in higher productivity without sacrificing quality. Economists carried ...

As many as 40 percent of Americans believe they have communicated with the dead. Are all of these ...

Rich, fertile land is a farmer's joy, but for farmers on the border with Pakistan in Jammu State, ...