Increasing numbers of gay men and lesbians in Britain are adopting children or becoming foster carers. Latest figures show that there are now more than 20,000 children living in same-sex couple families.
Social Sciences
Oct 19, 2017
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Our nation is divided, says Josh Klapow, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, perhaps more than any time since the Civil War. Klapow says partisan politics, the nonstop 24-hour news cycle ...
Social Sciences
Jun 27, 2017
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How do baboons succeed in coordinating the movements of their group? Biologists at the University of Konstanz study these organisms in the wild to find out which behavioural rules baboons use when interacting with others. ...
Plants & Animals
May 30, 2017
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A new study from The Australian National University (ANU) of the bony head-crests of male gorillas could provide some of the first clues about the social structures of our extinct human relatives, including how they chose ...
Evolution
May 3, 2017
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Large social networks foster connections by erasing national, geographic, and even linguistic barriers. But when it comes to fostering cooperation, global connectivity leaves something to be desired, new research says.
Social Sciences
Mar 30, 2017
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Sharks form strong social networks that are relatively unaffected when several members leave the group, and members also learn how to avoid capture, new research released today has found.
Ecology
Mar 15, 2017
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New research looks into how social networks among wild great tits, as they forage in flocks during the winter, carry over into shaping the set locations at which the birds breed and raise their young during the spring.
Ecology
Oct 25, 2016
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As contributors to businesses, sports teams, or governments, most of us take part in some sort of group problem solving. But what is the best way to collaborate on a difficult problem like developing a budget or designing ...
Social Sciences
Oct 10, 2016
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Bangladesh, once dismissed as a "basket case" for development, has made remarkable progress in many aspects of human and economic development in the last couple of decades.
Social Sciences
Sep 22, 2016
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It's not exactly front-page news that when it comes to conflict, men and women are very different. The way they resolve those conflicts, though, is another story.
Social Sciences
Aug 4, 2016
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