Social Sciences

Brazil’s “Dirty List,” a public registry that names employers found to have violated anti-slavery laws, is a key component of the country’s efforts to combat forced labor. Major meatpackers in Brazil signed sustainable sourcing commitments […]

Expert listeners can often form an immediate impression of a singer’s performance. But what exactly in the voice drives that judgment? In classical vocal competitions, performers are rated on an overall score. However, the criteria […]

The gig economy is rapidly growing, and scholars are still working to understand the conditions gig workers encounter. Julieta Aguilar at the University of Kentucky, U.S., and Dr. Jeremy Reynolds at Purdue University, U.S., examined […]

In today’s interconnected world, millions of people move between two or more languages every day. They may negotiate at work in one language, speak with family in another and follow news, entertainment and social media […]

English, German, Dutch and the Scandinavian languages are all members of the Germanic language group, spoken by hundreds of millions of people today. But where did these languages come from?This post was originally published on […]

Instructors and students have significantly different perceptions of how much generative artificial intelligence (AI) is being used in university studies, according to new research from The University of Manchester and Spain’s Universidad del Pais Vasco/Euskal […]

Nicholas Coles, Ph.D., had long heard that forcing a smile can make you feel a little happier—after all, he had done a lot of the research that supposedly proved it. But something didn’t sit quite […]

Scroll through Instagram long enough and you’ll meet an influencer who isn’t real. AI influencers—computer-generated personalities like Lil Miquela, who has millions of followers and has posted for Prada, Samsung and Dior—look and act like […]

“No” may be one of the hardest words for parents to say to a young child.This post was originally published on this site

A new study of 4,200 adolescents revealed that cyberbullying rarely occurs in isolation; it almost always functions as an extension of physical and verbal aggression already present in the school environment. The study, conducted at […]