1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (50+ words) Here’s what’s happening this week: Friday Fix: Solvata, Kinove Lab, RCOAST, and More! GrepBeat is a media nonprofit that covers North Carolina startups and their founders. We help today’s small startups become tomorrow’s industry behemoths. We couldn’t do this without…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (120+ words) Contribution 1: Generalizing the Ontology of Society The article identifies and critiques the implicit human-centered assumption embedded within much of sociological theory. It proposes a more general ontology in which societies are understood as self-reproducing collectivities rather than exclusively human communities....

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1442+ words) From virtual galleries to social media platforms, the internet offers plenty of places to shop for paintings, sculptures and other artwork without breaking the bank. A primary avenue to buy art online is through galleries such as TheArtling.com, Zatista....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (381+ words) More than 100 student researchers gathered at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa for the 2026 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Symposium, showcasing projects that addressed some of today’s most pressing challenges, from preserving Hawaiʻi‘s history to restoring fragile ecosystems. Hosted…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (591+ words) Lorrimar is the director of the Centre for Technology and Human Futures at the University of Notre Dame Australia. Rather than seeing people as beings created for relationship, Lorrimar said, contemporary society often views individuals as projects to be measured,…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (445+ words) Public sociology does not replace traditional academic research; instead, it expands its purpose and audience. The idea gained prominence globally when sociologist Michael Burawoy, in 2004, argued that sociology must reconnect to the public to remain relevant. The field was never…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (660+ words) Source: Hebrew University of Jerusalem For decades, one of the most influential ideas in evolutionary biology has suggested that when individuals act purely in their own self-interest, cooperation should eventually collapse. In the classic Prisoner’s Dilemma, the mathematically “rational” strategy…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (722+ words) According to the conservative outlet Influence Watch, “The Nature Conservancy has a strong business relationship with some of the nation’s largest energy producers, such as Chevron and Duke Energy, and many large businesses such as Dow Chemical. TNC has also…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (46+ words) Large language models could advance experiments in the social sciences, but fundamental questions remain about how they should be used to support research. Large language models could advance experiments in the social sciences, but fundamental questions remain about how they…...