Social Sciences

The clocks have gone back, and suddenly getting dressed feels more difficult. The coat you wore constantly last winter is still hanging in the closet, but it no longer looks quite how you remember. The […]

There is magic in the traditional songs of the Awajún, an Indigenous people of northern Peruvian Amazonia. Otago linguist Dr. Simon Overall has been visiting this area for over 20 years and explains what gives […]

Cannabis is one of the most commonly used psychoactive plants today. However, it is difficult to determine archaeologically how cannabis was used in prehistoric times. Plant parts such as flowers, leaves and resins are perishable […]

The way the media reports suicide can be important. It can bring an often-silenced issue into public view and draw attention to the social conditions that may have contributed to a death.This post was originally […]

In 2018, something strange happened on sidewalks across America. In 65 cities, thousands of electric scooters appeared seemingly overnight, often with little or no advance notice to local governments. Cease-and-desist orders flew. Scooters were impounded. […]

Any concept that has a history, philosopher Michel Foucault tells us, cannot have a fixed definition.This post was originally published on this site

Most young children like sharks, with almost seven in 10 describing them in a positive light, but a new study has found that associations between sharks and fear become more common as children get older.This […]

In order to know where you’re going, you must know where you’ve been, says an old adage. And a new UNLV housing supply rankings report is putting that proverb into practice by providing policymakers and […]

Scientists at Lancaster University have observed the hidden tongue movements accompanying a centuries-old change in English speech—offering a rare glimpse of language transforming in real time. Linguists have used ultrasound imaging to observe one of […]

British pubs are disappearing at an alarming rate. Last year, around eight closed down every week.This post was originally published on this site