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 ...

Learn about the difference between physical science and social science, including definitions, examples, and key characteristics to understand how these fields study is different for students and ...

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.

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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 ...