Social Sciences

A physicist, a philosopher and a psychologist are working together to bring better, smarter decision-making to the masses

Some practical advice for how to sit, happily, joyfully, with uncertainty—and in doing so, grow and learn from it.

Almost half of the world population heads to elections in 2024. To counter disinformation activities aimed against the voters on social media, we must first understand how they work

In the 1970s a young psychologist challenged a popular theory of how we acquire language, launching a fierce debate that continues to this day

How “heart-centered” archaeology is helping to find the Indigenous children who never came home from residential schools

Fossils and stone tools show that a cave in Saudi Arabia has been used as shelter by humans for millennia, up to the present day

The tale of how the "backfire effect" ultimately, itself, backfired, and what scientists can learn from being wrong

Science in meter and verse

Pavlov’s dogs; Mercury’s dark side

Scientific expertise is typically limited and specific. When evaluating scientific claims, look to the relevant experts

What makes a word survive or go extinct?

Writers, artists, photographers and researchers share the stories behind the stories