When Roro (not her real name) lost her mother to cancer, the grief felt bottomless. In her mid-20s and working as a content creator in China, she was haunted by the unfinished nature of their relationship. Their bond had always been…
Category: Social Sciences
-
Should AI be allowed to resurrect the dead?
-
Why are older adults more likely to share misinformation online?
Older adults tend to do well at identifying falsehoods in experiments, but they’re also likelier than younger adults to like and share misinformation online.
Continue Reading
-
Why we talk to people who think differently—or why we don't
Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a tool that measures when people engage in dialog across political divides. The results show that personal factors play a greater role in people’s willingness to engage in dialog than the…
Continue Reading
-
Why do South African teachers still threaten children with a beating? A psychologist explains
Corporal punishment—usually referring to adults hitting children—was abolished in South Africa in 1997. The Constitutional Court had already ruled it incompatible with the bill of rights in 1995. In that judgment, the chief justice said that…
Continue Reading
-
Some Brains Switch Gears Better Than Others
Explore
We’re bombarded with information every instant of our waking lives. The loud…
Continue Reading
-
Nearly all women in STEM secretly feel like impostors
Some people who perform at the highest levels carry a private fear that clashes with their outward success. Despite strong résumés and long lists of achievements, they worry that others will eventually realize they do not truly belong.
In their…
Continue Reading
-
Political protests, social media use and mental well-being
Political protests, social media use and mental well-being
Continue Reading
