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History and Social Sciences
History and social sciences articles exploring archaeology, human behavior, and the social dimensions of scientific discovery.
Science Needs Contrarians. Harvard Built a Program to Back Them
A new initiative helps researchers test controversial ideas that most colleagues think are wacky, wrong, or worse.
Income Mobility: Work Lifts You Up, Capital Drags You Down
A new analysis of 300,000 Norwegian workers reveals a surprising split in what moves your income compared to others.
How Christian Scribes Created Modern Vikings
Modern images of Norse warriors and their gods trace back not to the Viking Age, but to Christian scribes, Romantic composers, and our...
Dark Web Criminals Betray Themselves Through Unusual Words and Phrases
An unusual greeting identified a dark web administrator. Forensic linguists use identity clues to hunt anonymous criminals.
Norwegian Six-Year-Olds Already Speak YouTube English
Six-year-old Norwegian children master 850 English words before formal lessons begin, reshaping how we understand language acquisition.
The Oldest Homo Sapiens Were Not Where Anyone Expected
Fossils from a Moroccan cave turned out to be 315,000 years old, pushing the origin of Homo sapiens back by 100,000 years and...
Five Catastrophes That Nearly Ended Humanity
Human population bottleneck events from Toba to the Black Death nearly erased our species. New evidence challenges the most dramatic extinction narrative of...
Max Planck Society Abuse Exposed: 30+ Scientists Speak Out
A new documentary exposes alleged misconduct and toxic work environments at Germany's prestigious Max Planck Society research institutes.
The Sophomore Slump Is Real, but Only in Critics' Heads
Sophomore slump is real only in critics' heads, not fans'. A study of 6,000 album reviews reveals the bias is psychological, not musical.
Fabia Secundina: The Pompeii Survivor Who Married a Gladiator
Fabia Secundina fled Vesuvius, married gladiator Aquarius in Puteoli, then faced ruin when he died at 25. New research traces 200 survivors.
