The effect of social media on mental health is complex and it depends a lot on the type of social media activity, real-life conditions, and type of interactions. Here is a summary of research on the psychological effects (positive & negative) of social media use on depression, anxiety, well-being, and social cognition.

Stockpickers have always considered long-term trends. It’s time to look at economic inequality. It’s growing, and its economic repercussions could soon hit portfolios.

Harry Frankfurt is an American philosopher and author of the New York Times Best Seller "On Bullshit". Although first conceived as an essay over 30 years ago, his theory on bullshit is more relevant than ever before. BULLSHIT! aims to further our understanding of what bullshit is, why there's so much of it, and how it can be a greater enemy to the truth than lies.

I.T. Romulus explains the types of behavior adults show when they reach 40 and up.

A bit risky, but a point of view to be examined.

The world's population is expected to peak and then decline this century, reshaping everything from economic growth and immigration to government spending and climate change.

A long-overdue excavation of the book that Hitler called his “bible,” and the man who wrote it

By countering the racist fixations that have plagued stories of Indian culture, they hope to reverse the “invisibility” that many feel.

For centuries, we’ve given lavish attention to the specifics of punishment, and left Heaven woefully under-sketched.

Why researchers can't agree after decades of studies

The sociologist Margaret Hagerman spent two years embedded in upper-middle-class white households, listening in on conversations about race. By Joe Pinsker. (Sept. 4, 2018)

It’s tempting to see each of the country’s creeping public disasters as an epidemic. But an epidemic would probably be a lot easier to solve.

Who is we?

Genetic ancestry tests are often advertised as a tool to uncover new connections to diverse cultures and ancestries, but new research from the University of British Columbia has found people tend to pick and choose which races they identify with based on preconceived biases. Ancestry testing is part of a rapidly growing, billion-dollar industry that claims to use DNA to tell people about the parts of the world from which their ancestors originated.

A recent study finds that young people who get financial support from their parents have greater professional success, highlighting one way social inequality is transmitted from one generation to the next. “The question underlying this work was whether parental support gives adult children an advantage or hinders their development,” says Anna Manzoni, an associate professor of sociology at North Carolina State University and author of a paper on the work.

Photographs by Lewis Hine that shook up early 20th-Century labour laws among those sold at US auction.

The Berlin Wall has been down as long as it stood. One generation lived with the wall, one without it. But in many ways it is still a tale of two countries.

A number of psychological experiments over the years have yielded terrifying conclusions about the subjects. By Alexandra Gedrose. (May 6, 2008)

Jennifer Wolch conceptualizes an urban theory that takes nonhumans seriously.