Underground fiber optic sensors record sounds of COVID lockdown, reopening
Credit: Patrick Mansell, Penn State In March 2020, daily life in the United States changed in an instant as the ...
Tag: Behavior
Actively addressing inequalities promotes social change
UMass Amherst social scientist part of global research team studying group interactionsCredit: UMass Amherst What does it take for people ...
The quiet of pandemic-era lockdowns allowed some pumas to venture closer to urban areas
Tracking data show how pumas in California's Santa Cruz Mountains responded to regional shelter-in-place ordersCredit: Santa Cruz Puma Project New ...
Junk food relief in lockdown
Sneaky snacks creep in during COVID-19 pandemicCredit: Sheffield University / Flinders University Beware of those snack attacks. A new study ...
Study reveals agriculture-related injuries more numerous than previously known
Credit: Linda Fetzer, Penn State A new study by Penn State researchers, who looked at emergency room admissions across the ...
WVU research finds ‘excess deaths’ in Amish and Mennonite communities during pandemic
Sociologists are suggesting face-to-face interactions along with distrust in preventative medicine could be contributing factorsCredit: Ben Stein MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - ...
Men who perceive their marriage as unsuccessful are at high risk for premature death
TAU Study of 10,000 Israeli men findsCredit: Tel Aviv University Dissatisfaction with married life raises the risk of dying from ...
First evidence that medieval plague victims were buried individually with ‘considerable care’
Credit: Mark Gridley In the mid-14th century Europe was devastated by a major pandemic - the Black Death - which ...
Parrot talk
Credit: Photo Heidi M. Thomsen During flock encounters, a single vocal interaction seems to be sufficient for making the decision ...
Study: A quarter of adults don’t want children — and they’re still happy
Credit: Creative commons via Pexels Parenting is one of life's greatest joys, right? Not for everyone. New research from Michigan ...
Lies to hide doping in professional sport
Göttingen University sports sociologist analyses false statements from professional cyclistsCredit: Reinold How do top athletes talk about doping when they ...
Model helps analyze decision-making on adopting Type 2 diabetes medical guidelines
A new computational framework incorporates social interactions to analyze how best to communicate about new medical guidelines to encourage their ...
Computers predict people’s tastes in art
New study offers insight into how people make aesthetic judgmentsCredit: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Schillinger Do ...
How do we know where things are?
Study looks at how the visual system stabilizes what you see when you move your eyesCredit: Figure by P.Cavanagh Our ...