sociology
New research suggests that a healthy supply of locally-sourced beer helped maintain the unity of the widespread Wari civilization for about 500 years.
300 years of industrialization have boosted our IQ scores in one very specific way.
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When it comes to leadership, we’re quite picky on who we let govern us.
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It may be growing in popularity, but is there anything substantive to this new wellness trend?
TV’s shared cultural “now” moments embody the intersection of time and tech.
There’s a reason people are “triggered” during voting time.
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Unlike much of the United States, the South has a culture of honor. While this makes Southerners more polite, it’s also something of a double-edged sword.
Landlords aren’t the ones getting rich off of renting properties; slumlords are.
The researchers call it a “competence downshift.”
Inequality and racism are connected, but maybe not as much as you think.
Protestantism is good for some people and bad for others. At least that is the conclusion if we are to judge by the stark matters of life, or death, and […]
A new study from Oregon State University makes it clear: it’s you.
It’s one factor that can help explain the religiosity gap.
A new study out of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville traces a disturbing correlation.
When it comes to the workplace, more diversity means more money.
Then again, maybe the study is fake news too.
Meanwhile, Spaniards are the least likely to say their culture is superior to others.
Maybe we should stop worrying about what happens after we die, and make the best of what we have on earth right now.
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Turns out those violent video games might be a blessing in disguise.
Postmodernists like to question the very foundations of our modern society. Does this make them anti-science?
Why is populism so popular? The rise of Donald Trump has been an enigma to many. Not so much to evolutionary psychologists.
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What an academic sting on humanities journals really means to the rest of us. And to academia.
Unraveling the psychology behind gun ownership may offer fresh insight into the gun control debate.
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Robert Bellah’s essay “Civil Religion in America.”
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Are you more likely to think everything is going well with your finances if the politics of your country’s leaders align with yours? One new study says yes.
To truly help developing societies, we need to answer their immediate needs.