Social Sciences

The explosive secret behind Saturn’s rings, a Scandinavian arrow frozen for 4,000 years, the world's deepest-known virus, and much more in this month’s Quick Hits

A chunk of a Mesopotamian palace revealed genes from dozens of ancient plants

The Israel-Hamas war has disrupted hospitals’ access to electricity, fuel and medicine. A physician from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières explains why health care is so vulnerable during war

Massive buried structures at Gunung Padang in Indonesia have been described as much older than Egypt’s great pyramids in a new study, but some doubt they’re even human constructions

Despite criticism, a slate of new scientific studies show that forensic firearms analysis is a reliable scientific discipline that the criminal justice system should trust

A year of exciting ideas and research has given us much to be grateful for

A new study has found that the use of AI tools such as ChatGPT in the workplace entrenches biased language based on gender

Research on morality shows that it can counterintuitively impede peace and progress

A college professor and his students explain what they learned from bringing ChatGPT into the classroom

Virtual meetings and video calls don’t quite stack up to in-person interaction—and a new study proves it

Egypt’s famous Sphinx may have originated as a rock feature carved by erosion that ancient Egyptians further refined into the iconic monument

The outcomes of state elections this week may mean more natural gas plants in Texas, greater use of climate law funds in Kentucky and the continuation of the status quo in Maine and Mississippi