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sociology

Can empirical data about human behavior make the “soft” sciences more like the “hard” ones? New interdisciplinary fields are voting yes.

A recent wave of subway slashings in New York City is an opportunity to examine the criminology and sociology behind copycat crime.

The sociologists Michael Radlet and Marian Borg test out six arguments for and against capital punishment.

Soda water is a popular beverage now, but it was once considered a cure, among other things.

Mourning clothes were a signal to the world that a family—really, that a woman had suffered a loss.

Ambergris, a waxy-like substance found in perfumes, has a unique origin.

So it entirely slipped my mind that Lingua Obscura recently turned one (yay!) and is now a veritable ...

Climate scientists tend to be optimistic and have faith that humanity can engineer our way out of the climate change we’ve created.