Sociology
Yes, Your Loud Neighbors Are Driving You Bonkers
Why are we so sensitive to residential noise?
Test Your Trivia Knowledge for Science
Identify these people and help chart how they will be remembered or forgotten in history.
Is COVID-19 Becoming Less Polarizing?
One question for Sara Constantino, a psychologist and public policy researcher at Northeastern University.
Why Do Americans Own More Guns Per Capita Than Anyone Else?
One question for Jennifer Carlson, a sociologist at the University of Arizona.
The Wisdom of Gay Albatrosses
Same-sex couples are everywhere in the animal kingdom. Only humans make a big deal about it.
Do International Treaties Work?
One question for Mathieu Poirier, an assistant professor of social epidemiology at York University.
Novak Djokovic and the Healing Water Crystals
The story of the tennis star spotlights the pseudoscience that bedevils science and society.
The Attack of Zombie Science
They look like scientific papers. But they’re distorting and killing science.
What Makes Group Decisions Go Wrong. And Right.
Why intellectual laziness doesn’t have to lead to groupthink.
How to Build a Society for All to Enjoy
To make social structures more equal, we can’t blind ourselves to genetics.
We Have to Talk About Doubt
How to tell the difference between scientific and conspiratorial skepticism.
