Society & Community
What we don’t talk about when we talk about missing people
When you think of a missing person, what do you picture?This article was originally published on this website.
Month: August 2025
Society & Community
Researchers call for greater attention to social impact and social justice in preventing crime
What do preschool and streetlights have in common?This article was originally published on this website.
Society & Community
Predicting mountain accident risks with deep learning and pre-climb data
Japan is famous for its beautiful mountain landscapes as well as for the challenges it offers to avid mountaineers. However, these mountains can get so treacherous that Japan actually records one of the highest numbers […]
Society & Community
Visual cues boost positive perception of wood scents in indoor environments
How people evaluate odors does not depend entirely on the odorant itself—context influences perception. A research team from the Leibniz Research Center for Working Environment and Human Factors (IfADo) has worked with researchers from the […]
Education
Study finds gaps in books on consent education for children
Over the past decade, the number of picture books that parents can read to young children about personal boundaries and saying “no” to inappropriate touching has ballooned, as attention to preventing sexual abuse grows.This article […]
Society & Community
Accessible, high-quality summer programs and Black joy support Black children’s return to school
Summer is popularly imagined as bringing joy to all young people. Yet it is not an equal break or of the same quality for all students.This article was originally published on this website.
Politics & Global Issues
Governments are becoming increasingly secretive. Here’s how they can be made to be more transparent
Transparency is vital to our democratic system of government.This article was originally published on this website.
Politics & Global Issues
Partisan hostility, not just policy, drives U.S. protests
Partisan animosity is a powerful driver of protest participation—sometimes nearly matching or even exceeding concern about the actual issues, according to a new study published in the journal Social Forces.This article was originally published on […]
Politics & Global Issues
Study links European electricity price surges to geopolitical events, not extreme weather
Geopolitical shocks are much more likely to trigger price bubbles in the British and European electricity markets than extreme weather events—and they are predictable, new academic research concludes.This article was originally published on this website.
Politics & Global Issues
School districts hire superintendents on merit, not political affiliation, study finds
A recent sociological study indicates that, despite increasing polarization and partisan animosity in the United States over recent decades, employers are not hiring based on political affiliation. The study “Partisan Affiliation and Hiring in Public […]