Society
Research and scientific enquiry can reveal much about human society, from ethics and religion to education and economics, while societal decisions about which areas of research to prioritise steer the direction of science. Follow the latest developments as we examine the interplay between science, politics, and policy.
Society
Can we battle the downsides of a rule-based world, asks a new book
Imposing order on the world is seductive, but it flattens out the diversity and rich messiness of human life. Oddly, playing by the rules may help us fight back, argues C. Thi Nguyen in The Score
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Why does the United States want to buy Greenland?
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Russia-US nuclear pact is about to end and we won't see another
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Bill Bryson on why he has updated A Short History of Nearly Everything
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Author Ken MacLeod on the life and work of the late Iain M. Banks
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Donald Trump and Elon Musk put science on the chopping block in 2025
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Four-fifths of the world's population now live in urban areas
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Is the future of education outside universities?
New technologies and academic funding cuts are upending the ways we learn today. Newly enrolled studentAnnalee Newitz finds some silver linings
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Human minds abhor uncertainty. This is a problem for liberal democracy
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Could a self-monitoring system for criminals replace prisons one day?
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There is a major psychological flaw in how society punishes people
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We have run out of new visions of the future. This needs to change
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