Tag: Social

  • Nation & World

    Walsh details thinking behind redeployment of police funds

    Boston mayor discusses $12 million antiracism public health initiative at Harvard Chan School series.

    4 minutes
    Boston Mayor Marty Walsh.
  • Nation & World

    The eyes tell

    A new study shows that gaze-following develops in monkeys in a way that’s nearly identical to humans, suggesting that the behavior has deep evolutionary roots.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Reproductive strategies

    When compared with a solitary strategy of producing offspring who then go on to produce their own offspring, a new Harvard study has found that eusociality is a high-risk, high-reward gamble.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Nice guys can finish first

    Nice guys can finish first — a new paper, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has found that complex social networks like those of everyday life encourage members to be friendlier and more cooperative, with the possible payoff coming in an expanded social sphere. The study said selfish behavior can lead…

    6 minutes