Mass shootings in white-majority neighborhoods received roughly twice the news coverage of mass shootings in neighborhoods where a majority of residents were people of color, while coverage of police-involved shootings was disproportionately high in majority-minority communities, according to new research in linguistics.
A new review paper from the Center for Mind and Brain suggests that a person’s environment in early childhood has much more to do with how they engage executive function — like exerting self-control — throughout their lives than innate ability.
The U.S. poverty rate puts a number on the share of households who struggle to make ends meet. The way we measure poverty dates back to the 1960s and provides a starting point for building an effective safety net that lifts people out of poverty.
Una nueva investigación sugiere que la violencia derivada de la creciente competencia entre organizaciones criminales está vinculada con un aumento en los riesgos que enfrentan los migrantes en la frontera norte.
As the U.S. government turns its attention to drug cartels in Mexico, new research suggests that violent competition among criminal organizations increases the risks migrants face at the northern border.
Why do beliefs in pseudoscience, supernatural entities and conspiracy theories thrive even when they seem implausible or lack evidence? Often, such extraordinary beliefs are explained as byproducts of cognitive biases that make the belief compelling and/or by social dynamics, like the pressure to fit in with a group. But new research from UC Davis suggests that a third factor is just as important: experience.
The booming growth of AI chatbots is similar to the trajectory of how social media radically changed our everyday lives, except with supercharged adoption rates and expectations. Some key lessons we are still learning from social media’s rise offer insight on how to avoid the same mistakes with AI.
Cuts to the federal food assistance program SNAP were part of a $1.1 trillion overall cut in the federal budget bill signed into law this summer. The bill’s overall changes to SNAP, including a requirement that some states pay a share of benefit costs for the first time, could lead to more families going hungry.
A visit to Muir Woods National Monument prompts a reflection on the current attacks on public history and Keith David Watenpaugh's past as a National Park Ranger.
Feeling happy is good for everyone’s health, but sharing everyday happiness with a life partner brings even greater health benefits, according to new research from the University of California, Davis.
