Researchers found that, among pairs of people who had very different socioeconomic backgrounds - calculated according to education level and family income - there was a higher level of activity in an ...

The limited research on the effects of excessive social media use on close relationship has revealed inconsistent findings. This is at odds with the plethora of anecdotal complaints about it ruining ...

In the United States, cultural differences between regions of the country are often pointed to as examples of how diverse cultural norms can lead to conflict and understanding. For instance, "New ...

Last month I discussed a few biological differences between men and women that impact our communication styles. Along a similar vein, communication differences also stem from social conditioning. It's ...

Can class differences come about endogenously, i.e. independent of birth and education? Researchers pursued this issue in a game theoretical study. They were able to show that the basic human need to ...

The widening ideological rift today between liberals and conservatives is obvious. But the more subtle differences between different schools of thought within parties can be harder to parse. While the ...

A glimpse at newspaper obituary pages reveal that the rich always marry each other. Tales, too, abound of rich parents who hook up their children and subject them to arranged or forced marriages.