This galloping specialization has only accelerated since Weber’s day—by some measures, there are now 176 distinct scientific sub-fields, including astronomy, atmospheric sciences, and automotive ...

Researchers from a variety of universities looked at “164 quantitative papers published from 2009 to 2018 in 54 journals in ...

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Is social science research trustworthy? The economist Noah Smith raises this question in a recent piece entitled “How many of our ‘facts’ about society health, and the economy are fake?” As he points ...

“Half of social-science studies fail replication test in years-long project”: that’s the headline from reports on the latest mass replication project sponsored by the Center for Open Science (COS).

Social media has become more common in today’s digital society, providing individuals with significant opportunities for social connection and information sharing. However, there are concerns about ...

The past few years have raised some hard questions about the science of well-being. How culturally biased is our conception of happiness? How much do social forces (or genetics) shape happiness, ...

The use of social media is contributing to declining attention spans, emotional volatility, and compulsive behaviors among young people, according to a new report by Nanyang Technological University, ...

Pointing out potentially misleading posts on social media significantly reduces the number of reposts, likes, replies, and views generated by such content, according to a new study co-authored by Yale ...