Shocks, Not Habits: How Crises Reshape Water Technology Adoption in Rural India
A study of 54 rural Indian communities shows that external shocks such as policy shifts and natural hazards significantly alter ...
Tag: social norms
After the Tipping Point: Why Climate Transitions Rarely Settle Into One Stable Future
New research in PLOS Climate argues that societies tipping toward net zero settle into multiple coexisting states that must be ...
When Friends Roll the Dice: Social Networks Drive Teen Gambling, Italian Study Finds
A study of 4,176 Italian adolescents finds that knowing habitual gamblers—especially friends—nearly doubles the likelihood of regular underage gambling, suggesting ...
Beliefs, Not Livestock Losses, Drive Villager Attitudes Toward Iran’s Big Carnivores
A study of 292 villagers around Iran's Golestan National Park finds that cognitive and social beliefs, not actual livestock losses, ...
Anemia Is Not the Whole Story: Why Women Give So Little Blood in the Eastern Mediterranean
A scoping review finds that women provide a median of only about six percent of blood donations in the Eastern ...
AI Models Disagree on the Ethics of Shunning Bad Actors, Study Finds
A PNAS Nexus study of 21 large language models finds that AI systems endorse conflicting social norms about helping, shunning, ...
Good Deeds Backfire: How Friends’ Green Habits Quietly Erode Our Own
New research shows that close friends' environmental behavior can reduce our own green actions, but public visibility and a strong ...
When Farmers Judge a Digital Tool: New Study Reveals What Drives Conservation Tech Adoption
A new mixed-methods study finds that perceived usefulness and social expectations drive landowners' intention to use a co-produced digital decision-support ...
Simple Letter Tweaks Nudge 85,000 Screening Non-Responders to Finally Take the Bowel Cancer Test
A large randomized trial in Tuscany found that adding feedback or social-norm messages to standard invitation letters significantly increased colorectal ...
Brain Signals Reveal Why Pro-Climate Social Norms Last Longer Than Anti-Climate Ones
A new EEG study shows that conformity to pro-climate social norms grows stronger over a week while anti-climate conformity fades, ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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