social science

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In law and social science, we call this impact a chilling effect – the behavioral tendency for people in face of a threat to self-censor and restrain their activities for self-protection.

From Salon • May 28, 2026

Low teacher morale directly affects students, said Alex Robins, a social science teacher at Terra Linda High School in San Rafael.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

The good news is that social science has answers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

A dedicated social science programmewill run in tandem with the project's scientific development and will be led by Prof Joy Zhang, a sociologist, at the University of Kent.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2025

Like all great communicators, he loved language: he wrote a whole book about the word ‘serendipity’, another about the phrase ‘standing on the shoulders of giants’, and he co-edited a volume of social science quotations.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton