The miracle drugs helping America fight obesity can have a dangerous downside: triggering disordered eating. Even a chatbot trained on nutrition and fitness research that dispenses reasonable-sounding ...

Societies survive and grow when they successfully navigate their contradictions. Eventually, however, accumulating contradictions overwhelm existing means of navigating them. Then social problems ...

Lead researcher Dr. Sarah Nason, from Bangor University's School of History, Law and Social Sciences explained, "Debt, benefits, special educational needs, health care issues, these are everyday ...

From self-driving cars to virtual assistants, AI has already significantly impacted our daily lives. Perhaps AI’s biggest potential lies in its ability to tackle some of the world’s most pressing ...

Social Security problems can be solved online, over the phone or via an in-person appointment. People can apply for most benefits online as well as check the status of their application, change direct ...

After pro-Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol, how will the United States address many of the issues that underlie the chaos, particularly extreme polarization? This roundup of articles explores ...

A new kind of entrepreneurship is arising that puts profit and responsibility together: social entrepreneurship. Businesses can help address social problems and do well economically; these goals are ...

The UK government has launched a consultation on introducing an Australian-style ban on social media for under-16s. The proposal is framed as a bold response to rising concerns about young people’s ...