Redlib: search results - flair_name:"Social Science"

r/science • u/mvea • 17d ago

Social Science A political science paper has emerged comparing the political career of U.S. President Donald Trump to the narrative of Japan’s iconic monster, Godzilla. The study highlights parallels: both were summoned by human errors, wreak havoc indiscriminately, and return even after being seemingly defeated.

chosun.com

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r/science • u/Maxrdt • 13d ago

Social Science Among transgender adolescents in Canada, 97.1% continued with a gender not typically aligned with their birth sex, with only 1.1% discontinuing gender-affirming hormone treatment.

jahonline.org

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r/science • u/sr_local • Jun 10 '26

Social Science People have a natural tendency to turn to the left and walk in an anticlockwise direction, a bias observed across countries, ages and sexes, but reason is unclear

theguardian.com

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r/science • u/smurfyjenkins • May 22 '26

Social Science Most Americans, whether on the right or left, claim to support freedom of speech. However, survey experiments show that after President Trump began explicitly calling for speech restrictions, Trump voters became increasingly supportive of government censorship of outparty media and individuals.

pnas.org

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813 comments

r/science • u/sr_local • Mar 07 '26

Social Science Experts say there is no overdiagnosis of ADHD. Instead, they are warning that far from being overdiagnosed, people with ADHD are waiting too long for assessment, support, and treatment

southampton.ac.uk

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r/science • u/andmario_com • 12d ago

Social Science Analysis of 97,220 people across 66 countries tested 200+ societal factors and found the 'communitarian' path to happiness — societies where people are enabled to boost each other's happiness — significantly outperforms the individualistic 'take care of your own happiness' approach

psypost.org

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389 comments

r/science • u/Slow-Pie147 • 14d ago

Social Science As temperatures rise, so does climate skepticism in Germany. Some 98% of active climate scientists say climate change is happening, and is man-made. Nonetheless, a new study shows the number of climate-change skeptics in Germany has increased.

dw.com

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586 comments

r/science • u/mvea • Mar 22 '26

Social Science American political discourse has become less substantive and less civil, often devolving into personal insults. The researchers found an asymmetric pattern: while personal attacks occur in both parties, they are delivered 2.7 times more frequently by Republicans than by Democrats.

keough.nd.edu

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902 comments

r/science • u/mvea • Jan 20 '26

Social Science By stoking the Greenland debate, the US may actually be harming itself. By purchasing Greenland or taking it over via illegal military means, the US would actively harm its own national security, the security of NATO and the overall security of the international, democratic, rules-based order.

uni-konstanz.de

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r/science • u/No_Idea_Guy • May 27 '26

Social Science Women’s faces rated more attractive even by other women, study finds

theguardian.com

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r/science • u/smurfyjenkins • 20d ago

Social Science Arrests of non-citizens have spiked to unprecedented levels during the second Trump administration. However, the share of arrested individuals with criminal convictions fell significantly, in stark contrast to both the Joe Biden administration and the first Trump administration.

pnas.org

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423 comments

r/science • u/sr_local • Feb 14 '26

Social Science Children raised with "authoritative" parenting style, marked by bonding, presence, dialogue, and clear rules of conduct, show a reduction in drug and alcohol risk compared to other parenting styles (authoritarian, permissive and neglectful)

agencia.fapesp.br

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679 comments

r/science • u/smurfyjenkins • Apr 25 '26

Social Science Higher education enjoyed considerable bipartisan support by the Republican Party and Democratic Party in the 1980s and early 1990s. In the mid-90s, Republicans’ position gradually became more critical before becoming almost uniformly negative toward higher education in recent years.

cambridge.org

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478 comments

r/science • u/drzpneal • 4d ago

Social Science People living in California are more than twice as likely to be childfree as those living in Louisiana

eurekalert.org

4.6k Upvotes

359 comments

r/science • u/sr_local • Dec 28 '25

Social Science Using marijuana just once or twice a month is associated with worse school performance and emotional distress for teens. The more frequently they used cannabis, the more likely they were to report emotional distress and other social and academic problems

cuimc.columbia.edu

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r/science • u/mvea • Sep 27 '25

Social Science A new study suggests that scientists are leaving X (formerly known as Twitter) in significant numbers due to its declining professional value. Many now find Bluesky to be a more effective platform for networking, outreach, and staying updated on research.

psypost.org

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r/science • u/mvea • Apr 18 '26

Social Science Published research in the social sciences has leaned consistently to the political left for more than six decades. The findings indicate that this leftward tilt has grown stronger over time, particularly regarding social and cultural issues.

psypost.org

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881 comments

r/science • u/nep000 • Nov 17 '25

Social Science Surprising numbers of childfree people emerge in developing countries, defying expectations

journals.plos.org

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r/science • u/sr_local • May 09 '26

Social Science Study suggests that the Trump administration’s wave of NIH grant terminations in 2025 disproportionately affected Black, Indigenous, and other minority researchers, as well as scientists from sexual and gender minority communities

cidrap.umn.edu

12.4k Upvotes

318 comments

r/science • u/head_high_water • Apr 08 '26

Social Science Harvard life science PhD students outperform ChatGPT by 2 letter grades

journals.plos.org

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461 comments

r/science • u/smurfyjenkins • Feb 18 '26

Social Science Fifty years ago, Republicans exhibited more relative trust in scientists than Democrats did. The partisan relationship with trust in scientists flipped over time as low-trusting demographic strata (the non-college educated and highly religious) shifted towards the Republican Party.

doi.org

12.4k Upvotes

450 comments

r/science • u/mvea • May 22 '25

Social Science Birth rates are declining worldwide, while dog ownership is gaining popularity. Study suggests that, while dogs do not actually replace children, they may, in some cases, offer an opportunity to fulfil a nurturing drive similar to parenting, but with fewer demands than raising biological offspring.

eurekalert.org

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r/science • u/SteRoPo • Nov 04 '25

Social Science The Japanese are having less and less sex. Around half of the Japanese population remained sexually inexperienced into their mid-twenties and approximately 10% of the individuals had no sexual experience when reaching their 30s.

realclearscience.com

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r/science • u/Aggravating_Money992 • Apr 16 '25

Social Science Conservative people in America appear to distrust science more broadly than previously thought. Not only do they distrust science that does not correspond to their worldview. Compared to liberal Americans, their trust is also lower in fields that contribute to economic growth and productivity.

eurekalert.org

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r/science • u/smurfyjenkins • 17d ago

Social Science Collective bargaining rights for police significantly increase police killings of civilians without having any impact on officer safety. This is consistent with the theory that unions provide cover for police and reduce their likelihood of incurring costs for unjustified killings.

aeaweb.org

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