Is social science research trustworthy? The economist Noah Smith raises this question in a recent piece entitled “How many of our ‘facts’ about society health, and the economy are fake?” As he points ...

Altruism, the tendency to behave in ways that benefit others even if it comes at a cost to oneself, is a valuable human quality that can facilitate cooperation with others and promote meaningful ...

A Houston-based anti-poverty program called Uplift Harris — announced last summer and set to launch this month — was conceived as a limited social science experiment to shed light on that question.

Social media can help women in Egypt identify more resources to help stop domestic violence, according to a study led by MIT researchers. The Covid-19 pandemic created a global increase in domestic ...