"Social Science" Blogs & Blog Posts

Snakes are calmed by being near another of their kind when undergoing stressful situations, according to a new study.

Researchers just created the largest-ever database of how we interact on video-chat. Here's what they found.

Smart people tend to sell themselves short. But many intelligent people tend to have these traits in common.

A team of UK psychologists wanted to understand how being seen as boring impacts a person's relationship with others.

Riane Eisler studies why certain groups try to establish power over others and talks about the "gendered system of values" in most cultures.

Economist, author, podcaster and radio presenter Tim Harford (previously) has a fantastic new podcast: Cautionary Tales, which Tim describes as "Eight stories of mishaps, fiascos and disasters - served with a twist of nerdy social science." I've...

IBM Security's 2018 survey of 4,000 adults worldwide found that for the first time in the history of their research, the majority of users say that they'd take extra steps in the name of "security" even if it meant that their usage would be less "con...