Q&A: Are liberals truly more depressed than conservatives?

Do self-identified liberals suffer from higher levels of depression than their conservative counterparts? Research suggests so, which has a small circle of commentators and academics humming with theories to explain the gap.

New study finds tweets can amplify, disrupt, unite and divide

Social media connects people and amplifies different aspects of humanity in good and bad ways. But the effects of social media appear neither universally good nor bad, but rather present an oscillating, dynamic system that ...

Some people may be attracted to others over minimal similarities

We are often attracted to others with whom we share an interest, but that attraction may be based on an erroneous belief that such shared interests reflect a deeper and more fundamental similarity—that we share an essence—according ...

What would it mean to have feminist AI?

Under the hotly debated impacts of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) lies the deeper problem of biased data teaching AI. Perhaps now more than ever, with growing numbers of people and organizations turning to tools ...

Care leavers face 'acute challenges' in transition to adulthood

Care leavers in England are more than 10 times more likely than their peers to not be working or studying in their 21st year, a new study has shown. (Care leavers are "any adult who spent time in care as a child," including ...

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