Social Sciences

The Dangers of Safety Equipment

January 9, 2017

Michael Munger: The Dangers of Safety Equipment

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Professor Jordan Etkin studies how we choose variety in shared activities

January 9, 2017

How Much Excitement Do You Want From Your Relationship?

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How and why did we end up with the Electoral College? John Huston and Reeve Huston discussed.

December 8, 2016

How Did We End Up With the Electoral College?

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Bryan Dinner presents research on economic development in Appalachia. All photos from the Social Science Research Institute

November 29, 2016

In Appalachia, Bass Connections Team Finds Untold Stories of Rural Development

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While salaries for upper income black men have continued to climb since the 1960s, a starkly different picture appears for lower income black men.

November 22, 2016

Black-White Earnings Gap Returns to 1950 Levels

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Asking men about their drinking might identify more cases of the blues like this guy. (Blauwe Week 1936 advertisement against alcohol. From Wellcome Images via Wikimedia Commons)

November 15, 2016

Depression Screening Questions Seem to Miss Men

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Duke faculty said Donald Trump rode a wave of discontent to the White House.

November 9, 2016

Trump Victory: Faculty Assess Election, Path Forward

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A new Duke study throws into question whether shotgun marriages are actually declining.

November 1, 2016

Is Shotgun Marriage Dead?

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Violent crime has been declining in the US, but it's on the rise again in some cities. Why?

October 27, 2016

Zeroing In on Why Violent Crime is Spiking

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New findings link mental exercises to stronger emotional health.

October 10, 2016

Could Mental Math Boost Emotional Health?

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Tyson Brown's analysis explores the mechanisms by which how race, class and gender contribute to gaps in health outcomes. Photo by John Joyner/Duke Photography

October 3, 2016

Tyson Brown: Getting at the Intersection of Social and Economic Effects on American Health

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homework research

September 27, 2016

Harris Cooper: ‘You’ve got to get the (homework) dose right, and if you do, it can do wonders’

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Connel Fullenkamp

September 26, 2016

Debate Tips from Connel Fullenkamp and Duke Debate

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David McAdams on the Supreme Court

September 25, 2016

David McAdams, co-author: Applying game theory to the Supreme Court confirmation fight

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September 22, 2016

'Love hormone' also boosts feelings of spiritual enlightenment

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oxytocin supports spirituality

September 20, 2016

Oxytocin Enhances Spirituality, New Study Says

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