A new book recasts human social evolution as multiple experiments with freedom and domination that started in the Stone Age.
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Foregrounding a study’s uncertainties and limitations could help restore faith in the social sciences.
A century’s worth of science has helped us fend off infectious pathogens. But we have a lot to learn from the people who lived and died during epidemics.
Once described as a disease, nostalgia’s reputation is much improved. Researchers hope to develop mental health therapies that trigger these memories.
David Card, Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens share the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for developing a science of naturally occurring social studies.
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The spoken word album Experimental Words, a collaboration between researchers and poets, explores the intersection between science and art.
By synthesizing norethindrone, one of the first active ingredients in birth control pills, Luis Miramontes helped usher in the sexual revolution.