Society & Culture

For online news portals, credibility counts

PENN STATE (US) — The readers’ evaluation of online news portals like Google News depends on credible content, according to new research. Continue…

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Caught in scandal, Wall Street plays blame game

RICE / UC IRVINE (US) — Companies under investigation tend to use others’ bad behavior to excuse their own. (more…)

Society & Culture - Feb 2, 2012 12:02 - 0 Comments

Rural hot spots point to terrorism threats

U. MARYLAND (US) — Nearly a third of all terrorist attacks from 1970 to 2008 occurred in just five metropolitan U.S. counties, but rural areas were hit, too, a new report says. (more…)

Society & Culture - Feb 1, 2012 16:22 - 0 Comments

Intervene early to cut college drinking

PENN STATE (US) — New tailored interventions can help prevent dangerous drinking during students’ first few weeks of college, a new study reports. (more…)

Society & Culture - Jan 31, 2012 11:08 - 0 Comments

Homeless curb drinking with open alcohol policy

U. WASHINGTON (US) — According to researchers, it may be counterproductive to ban alcohol from housing for chronically homeless alcoholics. (more…)

Society & Culture - Jan 27, 2012 16:57 - 0 Comments

When auditor fees jump, stocks tumble

UC DAVIS (US) — Unexplained increases in a company’s auditor fees may foreshadow a future drop in stock prices, according to a new study. (more…)

Society & Culture - Jan 27, 2012 15:27 - 0 Comments

How auto’s Big Three flunked Accounting 101

MICHIGAN STATE (US) — According to a new study, the Big Three automakers in the US overlooked basic accounting practices that could have guarded against long-term damage. (more…)

Society & Culture - Jan 27, 2012 14:46 - 1 Comment

Gossip lowers stress, keeps cheats in check

UC BERKELEY (US) — Gossip can have positive outcomes such as helping us police bad behavior, prevent exploitation, and lower stress, say researchers. (more…)

Society & Culture - Jan 26, 2012 12:18 - 0 Comments

Prejudice sparks anger in men, fear in women

MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Group conflict over the ages may have helped shape the way men and women respond to prejudice. (more…)

Society & Culture - Jan 25, 2012 11:44 - 0 Comments

For science’s sake, touch the art

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Visitors to a new exhibition get to break the cardinal rule of museum-going: Please don’t touch. (more…)

Society & Culture - Jan 24, 2012 12:23 - 0 Comments

When the brain refuses to take the cash

EMORY (US) — Brain images show personal values that people refuse to disavow—even when offered cash to do so—are processed differently than values that are willingly sold. (more…)

Society & Culture - Jan 23, 2012 13:14 - 0 Comments

Taxpayers save with paid family leave

RUTGERS (US) — Offering paid family leave to workers leads to positive economic outcomes for working families, businesses, and the public, a new study concludes. (more…)

Society & Culture - Jan 20, 2012 15:02 - 6 Comments

Preschool pays off in college and beyond

UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — Adults who participated in a high quality early education program in the 1970s are still reaping benefits from the experience, a new study shows. (more…)

Society & Culture - Jan 18, 2012 11:16 - 2 Comments

Anxious kids: Why the ‘tiger’ mom tactic fails

MICHIGAN STATE (US) — High-achieving Chinese-American students are more depressed and anxious than their white peers, according to a new study that challenges the “tiger mother” view of parenting. (more…)

Society & Culture - Jan 12, 2012 17:10 - 4 Comments

Would you ‘friend’ Shakespeare?

UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — A new social network tracks major figures in literature, like William Shakespeare and Robert Frost—and the scholars who study them. (more…)

Society & Culture - Jan 10, 2012 9:01 - 1 Comment

Online project maps militant groups

STANFORD (US) —A new online mapping project clarifies the complex relationships among terrorist organizations around the world. (more…)

Society & Culture - Jan 9, 2012 12:04 - 0 Comments

As investors age, ‘risk tolerance’ shrinks

U. MISSOURI (US) — According to a new study, willingness to take financial risks, or “risk tolerance,” changes in response to age and the economy. (more…)