Social Sciences

What people with intersex traits want you to know

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, around 63,300 Australians age 16 and older—0.3% of the overall population—know they were born with variations of sex characteristics. This means their bodies don’t fit medical norms about […]

Social Sciences

Growing up gets less scary with time, research finds

As young adults, many millennials feared growing up more than past generations. But they’ve come around to it as they age, research published in the journal Developmental Psychology has found.This post was originally published on […]

Social Sciences

Free love in communes? Not quite, says researcher

The myth of the sexually liberated life of communes is persistent, even though research shows a different reality. According to postdoctoral researcher Anna Heinonen of the University of Eastern Finland, the idea that roommates would […]

Social Sciences

Are algorithms unfairly screening out immigrant job applications?

Canada’s new artificial intelligence strategy, AI for All, presents an ambitious vision for the country’s future. Artificial intelligence, the federal government argues, can boost productivity, strengthen competitiveness and create opportunity across the economy.This post was […]