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

The good news is that social science has answers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

According to Home Office visa statistics, the total number of people receiving a visa for a job in natural and social science in the last quarter was 323 people.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025

“We have a history of social science framework that says we should use world life events as an opportunity to teach,” Thurmond said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 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