Social & Behavioral Science

CHICAGO, IL (March 1, 2017) - Scholastica, a peer review and open access (OA) publishing platform for academic journals, announces...

Credit: Nick Hogarth, CIFOR To conduct the analysis, the UFZ researchers used standardised data from the Center for International Forestry...

Credit: Jørund Rolstad, NIBIO Until the modern era, the human mark on the northernmost forests of North America, Europe, and...

Credit: University of Liverpool A new report launched today (Wednesday, 1 March) at the International Slavery Museum by the University...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Data representing individuals from across the United States indicates that U.S. adults are increasingly delaying the decision to...

Climate change research needs a greater focus on changing population structures when assessing future human vulnerability, argue IIASA researchers in...

Around 3,000 heroin addicts currently receive opioids such as methadone, buprenorphine or morphine as part of their treatment in the...

The authors, from Imperial College London, say more research is urgently needed to establish whether it is possible to predict...

For all the fact-checking and objective reporting produced by major media outlets, voters in the U.S. nonetheless rely heavily on...

MINNEAPOLIS - Women athletes are 50 percent more likely than male athletes to have a sports-related concussion, according to a...

Infants with a genetic polymorphism of the serotonin transporter gene may be more susceptible to a psychosocial intervention designed to...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes genital warts and can lead to several cancers, is one of the...

Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Pennsylvania's congressional district maps are almost certainly the result of gerrymandering according to an analysis based...

People with intermittent explosive disorder (IED)--a condition marked by frequent physical or verbal outbursts--are at five times greater risk for...

PITTSBURGH--An important learning process is impaired in adolescents who were abused as children, a University of Pittsburgh researcher has found,...

WASHINGTON - Despite their potential, many English learners (ELs) -- who account for more than 9 percent of K-12 enrollment...

Do you remember the last time you escaped the hot summer sun to enjoy a cool reprieve in the shade...

Credit: KTU The book aims to introduce a research concept called "Numanities", as one possible attempt to overcome the current...

Happy memories spring to mind much faster than sad, scary or peaceful ones. Moreover, if you listen to happy or...

(Imperial College London) A joint venture between the Royal College of Music and Imperial was awarded £1 million for a...