Category: Social Sciences
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Conspiracy theories aren’t on the rise—we need to stop panicking
Credit: Adam Calaitzis/Shutterstock Several polls in the past couple of years (including from Ipsos, YouGov and most recently Savanta on behalf of Kings College Policy Institute and the BBC) have been examining the kinds of conspiratorial beliefs people have. The findings have led to a lot of concern and discussion. There are several revealing aspects…
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Shift from grammar schools to comprehensives had little effect on social mobility in England, say researchers
Credit: Air Images/Shutterstock Research shows that in the past 50 years, social class mobility—how a person’s occupation, social class or income compares with that of their parents—has either increased or stayed static in the UK. But social mobility chances vary substantially depending on where you grow up and move to later in life, as our…
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The silence around unwanted sexual attention in LGBTQ+ venues is making safe spaces less safe
Credit: Astrastudio/Shutterstock In many parts of the world, unwanted sexual attention has become a normal, though disturbing, part of a night out. In bars, pubs and clubs, sexual harassment and assault happens regularly to people of all genders and orientations. But the way it is usually understood and discussed is in terms of a heterosexual…
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New system more accurately describes musical shapes
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Every square is a rectangle. But not every rectangle is a square. And according to Scott Murphy, a professor in the University of Kansas School of Music, the prevailing neo-Riemannian musical theories have been classifying many musical squares merely as rectangles. So Murphy has proposed a new nomenclature that gets at…
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Walkable neighborhoods help adults socialize, increase community — ScienceDaily
Adults who live in walkable neighborhoods are more likely to interact with their neighbors and have a stronger sense of community than people who live in car-dependent communities, report researchers at the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science at University of California San Diego. The findings of the study, published online…
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Stretched police branded ‘unjust’ by Australian youth battling mental health
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Criminologists have warned dangerous and fatal consequences will continue when overburdened and undertrained police respond to mental health incidents. Australian Catholic University criminologist Dr. Matthew Morgan has proposed an overhaul of training, operational practice and interagency collaboration after his joint research project found 35% of young people… Continue Reading News Source:…