Science & Society

Illegal aliens who have been deported from the United States are more than 2.5 times more likely to be rearrested after leaving jail, and are likely to be rearrested much more frequently than those…

How much science is in pop music? Can pop culture enhance science communication? A sociology duo recently explored the occurrence of science in the lyrics of Taiwanese pop music. Their results…

A study of 1,500 Americans found that media reports about behavioral genetics create unfounded beliefs about what genes can and cannot do, which defeats the purpose of scientific reporting, according…

Since it's Science 2.0, the most popular articles are not going to be the same as mainstream media, with Miracle Vegetables and Scare Journalism and outrage over an ESA engineer's shirt.  Like…

It's no secret that a happy worker is a productive worker and a new analysis by scholars at The University of Texas at Dallas finds that family-friendly policies are beneficial for increasing…

Do you have a right to high-speed Internet or can Internet Service Providers (ISPs) create different tiers for different customers? In Florida and in Pennsylvania, there are toll roads. People pay…

Government and non-profit employees have higher public service motivations than corporate managers, according to surveys of government and non-profit employees in Georgia. They don't simply do the…

Psychics, homeopaths, magic soap buyers, anti-vaccine and anti-energy people, they all share one thing in common - no, no, not the same political party (good guess, though!), they embrace organic…

But what do you want unconsciously? Julien Behal / PA By Steffen Böhm, University of Essex and Aanka Batta, University of Essex Another month, another important UN climate change conference. The…

A paper in the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics finds that personality traits are strong indicators of real-estate decisions. Are you neurotic? You probably have a cognitive bias…