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Social & Behavior

Updates every hour. Last Updated: 21-Jun-2026 12:16 ET (21-Jun-2026 16:16 GMT/UTC)

24-Mar-2026

Youth in foster care with disabilities may need tailored services that support the transition into adulthood

George Mason University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An interdisciplinary study examines how patterns of service use during the transition to adulthood vary for youth with disabilities.

Journal: Children and Youth Services Review

24-Mar-2026

Climate change and the private solution trap

Università di Bologna
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A major international study involving more than 7,500 participants across 34 countries shows that people with greater resources are more likely to invest in local mitigation measures and less likely to support broader action to cut emissions—pushing a global solution further out of reach

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

24-Mar-2026

Beyond the obstetrical dilemma: Why are humans helpless at birth?

University of Ottawa
Peer-Reviewed Publication

- Human infant helplessness runs against general primate survival. - Humanity – especially masculinity – is being framed around strength and independence and views helplessness as weakness. - But this helplessness is key to human nature, which evolved to depend on the collective for survival.

Journal: Child Development Perspectives

24-Mar-2026

New study argues AI is reopening the “end of history” and forcing a fundamental rethink of education

ECNU Review of Education
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Artificial intelligence (AI) is not only transforming industries and daily life but also reshaping the foundations of governance, legitimacy, and citizenship. New research identifies a growing gap caused by the mismatch between rapidly advancing technology and more slowly evolving governance systems. This study argues that a legitimacy crisis can only be addressed through a dual reconfiguration of education: strengthening both AI literacy and civic literacy for a human–machine symbiotic society.

Journal: ECNU Review of Education
Funder: Shanghai Municipal Education Commission

24-Mar-2026

When violence is in the air

University of Konstanz
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Does air pollution affect human behaviour? A case study of Seattle conducted by the University of Konstanz shows that higher numbers of violent crimes take place on days when smoke from wildfires is present.

Journal: Environmental Research Letters

24-Mar-2026

New tool maps the landscape of student knowledge using short quizzes

Dartmouth College
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A Dartmouth study reports a technique for creating detailed landscape maps of what students know based on their performance on short multiple-choice quizzes. The researchers’ mathematical framework could be used to power a new generation of personalized AI tutors that can identify what individual students do and do not understand, then customize feedback to improve learning. The researchers released a public demo where users can construct an interactive map of their knowledge.

Journal: Nature Communications

23-Mar-2026

HKU Libraries and Chamber of Young Snow sign MoU to promote Chinese cultural heritage

The University of Hong Kong
Business Announcement

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) Libraries and the Chamber of Young Snow (CYS) have signed a ten-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote the transmission of Chinese culture, particularly among young people. The agreement was formally signed by Dr Stephen Suen, Founder of CYS, and Ms Flors Ng, Chief Information Officer and University Librarian, at the HKU Libraries 113th Anniversary Gala Dinner held in early March.