social science

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The good news is that social science has answers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

Decades of social science research shows that poverty — especially intergenerational poverty — is driven largely by structural and institutional forces beyond an individual’s control.

From Salon • Sep. 16, 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

So these other versions are not based in social science in the same way.

From Salon • Jun. 14, 2025

So, the highest of all our complex technologies in the hardest of our sciences will soon be engaged, full scale, in what is essentially biologic research—and with some aspects of social science, at that.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas