Singing in a restaurant is one example of breaking a social norm. Source: picjumbo / Pexels There’s a scene from Disney’s "The Santa Clause 2" that lives rent-free in my head. Scott Calvin, played by ...

What do the Afghan people think? For a country whose political space underwent a rapid and tumultuous change in August 2021, it’s perhaps little surprise that Afghans hold a variety of views. But ...

As we mark International Anti-Corruption Day, the HSRC’s ‘Corruption and Behaviour Change: Tracking Social Norms and Values in South Africa’ study looks at understanding how we can create a culture of ...

While this could be useful for sociological research, it's a bit odd that the Pentagon has its hands in it. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share on Reddit ...

Part 3 of the TED Radio Hour episode Cuts Both Ways. If AI is smart enough to pass the bar exam, why does it struggle with simple common sense questions? Computer scientist Yejin Choi studies how to ...

In another least-surprising surprise of our times, last week Donald Trump expressed his intent, if elected to a second term as president, to utilize his Justice Department to destroy his political ...

New research from MIT Sloan finds that generative AI provides culturally distinct responses to the same prompt in different languages. New research from MIT Sloan finds that generative AI provides ...

Age-gap relationships — exceeding 10 years or more — have been a source of debate. Are they finding more acceptance in ...

Islamic’, arguing that unmarried men and women living together under constant camera surveillance violates social norms in ...