News articles tagged with 'society'
Addressing environmental challenges and controversies through science communication
— 3 Aug 2010 13:57 | EnvironmentWhat can we do for the environment? What can individual scientists, agencies and institutions do to improve the quality of environmental decision-making? These are among the questions…
'The friend of my enemy is my enemy'
— 20 Jul 2010 12:20 | HealthA new study analysing interactions between players in a virtual universe game has for the first time provided large-scale evidence to prove an 80 year old psychological theory called…
'Technology' plays large role in wealth inheritance
— 31 Oct 2009 14:20 | TechnologyA new study reveals the important role inherited wealth plays in sustaining economic inequality in small scale societies. A team of 26 anthropologists, statisticians, and economists…
Inequality, 'silver spoon' effect found in ancient societies
— 30 Oct 2009 09:39 | Geology and palaeontologyThe so-called 'silver spoon' effect - in which wealth is passed down from one generation to another - is well established in some of the world's most ancient economies, according to…
New working-class task force faces broad challenges, labour expert says
— 18 Feb 2009 10:56 | HealthA task force launched by President Obama to boost America's middle class will have to help retool beleaguered U.S. workplaces facing their most sweeping changes since World War II,…
Many of China's 140 million old people find the crowd to be lonely
— 22 Jan 2009 15:48 | HealthIT has 20 per cent of the world's population with 1.4bn people - but China's rapid economic and social change has caused its pensioners to feel lonely and alienated, a new study suggests…
Homelessness is not just a housing problem
— 23 Dec 2008 15:24 | HealthThe editorial in this month's PLoS Medicine examines how the health needs of the homeless are underrepresented in the medical literature, leading to the failure of health and social…
Servants and masters - the Chatterley trial
— 15 Sep 2008 18:21 | HealthIt was one of the defining legal battles of the twentieth century. A courtroom drama which tackled issues of class, gender relations, sexuality, morality and censorship head on…
Happiness is rising around the world
— 30 Jun 2008 16:39 | HealthPeople in most countries around the world are happier these days, according to newly released data from the World Values Survey based at the University of Michigan Institute for Social…
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