Pew Research Center first started asking about internet use internationally in 2002. Twenty years later, internet use among adults in several countries has increased dramatically. The way people use ...

Now in jeopardy, the U.S. Agency for International Development has been a major research funder for several universities. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) As the Trump administration slashes the ...

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 ...

What causes individuals to conform to the opinions and judgments of others? Why do they need to? When is it an advantage to merge with the group and when is it not? Investigating the social, ...

Media influences and conventional beauty standards have long plagued society. This issue took on new urgency in May 2023 when the U.S. surgeon general issued a major public advisory over the links ...

As the national organization representing nearly 50,000 physicians and other health care professionals specializing in cancer treatment, diagnosis, prevention, and research, ASCO supports effective ...

The original article, which was published in November 2019, was updated by Dr. Rick Mask in collaboration with Gina Neugebauer. Social capital is not a new term. In fact, it has been examined by many ...