If you define yourself by your group affiliation, you can filter information based on what the group believes is true and good. And, if different groups define themselves in opposition to one another, ...

New research shows social media use drives depressive symptoms in preteens. As rates of depression and suicide among young people continue to rise, a question has captured experts' attention: Does ...

In that piece, he walks the reader through case studies of how social conditions and public policies substantially affected well-being in different populations. And through the years, we’ve published ...

Is social media really to blame for teen mental health struggles? A team of 120 experts dug into the data—here’s what they found, and what it means for the rest of us.

According to Cole, political science is a field within the social sciences dedicated to studying and explaining how and why power is distributed, decisions are made and policies are implemented. "In a ...

Across social media, skeptics have claimed that the COVID-19 vaccinations are "ineffective" and do not fit into the historical definition of a vaccine. But what does the science say? The Claim ...

A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine committee will conduct a series of public workshops to examine the current U.S. Government (USG) working definition for Long COVID and ...

Astronomers are proposing a new, more quantitative definition of what makes a planet. The new definition looks more directly at the object's mass — but it would still leave Pluto out of the running.

Only by acknowledging and addressing these biases, can social science research enhance its credibility and reliability. Another way to combat errors in social-science research is to apply ...