A new method to measure homophily in large group interactions offers insights into how groups might interact in the future.

Employees underestimate salary levels in their own industry, leading them to spend less time exploring the job market.

Research in Southeast Asia quantifies how much wildfire smoke hurts peoples’ moods; finds the effect is greater when fires originate in other countries.

By reevaluating existing data, researchers find the procedure is even more valuable than consensus had indicated.

A study by philosopher Kevin Dorst explains how political differences can result from a process of “rational polarization.”

People of a remote Amazonian society who learned Spanish as a second language began to interpret colors in a new way, an MIT study has found.

Partisan media might deepen political polarization, but we should measure people’s media habits more carefully before drawing conclusions, researchers say.

New research suggests daily mindfulness training at home helped reduce kids’ stress levels and negative emotions.

Study finds that in worms, the HSN neuron uses multiple chemicals and connections to orchestrate egg-laying and locomotion over the course of several minutes.

Study shows users can be primed to believe certain things about an AI chatbot’s motives, which influences their interactions with the chatbot.