Social Science

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...

New University of Sussex research is taking a hard look at the brain’s “compassion ceiling,” revealing measurable limits in how...

A large Curtin University analysis tracking more than 123,000 Western Australian children suggests that attending preschool before compulsory schooling meaningfully...

Election results appear to reshape how voters view people they have never met—especially when their side loses. A new Canadian...