Social Science

Female sweat bees face a high-stakes decision as they mature: stay in the nest and help their mother raise more...

Archaic humans may have faced the same early-life challenge as modern parents: raising infants who were physically helpless at birth,...

Rising heatwaves—growing in frequency, duration, and intensity—are increasingly recognized as a threat to human health, especially for older adults whose...

Microbiome research is increasingly pointing to the gut–brain axis as an important pathway for mental health, linking microbial communities to...

A new study published in Schizophrenia Research suggests that genetic risk for loneliness may help explain why some people are...

Brands routinely time-travel viewers during the Super Bowl by embedding familiar aesthetics, slang, and props from the past. But nostalgia...

Popular children’s biographies that celebrate scientists may be doing more harm than good, according to new research from the University...

A study co-led by investigators at Mass General Brigham finds that mobile addiction services can be scaled across multiple organizations...

New modeling work from UMC Utrecht and collaborators argues that school closures during a pandemic are most effective when they...

A new study reports that a substantial fraction of adolescents can be exposed to online self-harm content through recommendation-style systems—even...