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Mae Jemison, who made history in 1992 as the first woman of color to reach space, is calling for a new era of space exploration that includes everyone, not just billionaires. She believes expanding access and including social sciences could transform how we explore the cosmos.
New research from University of Virginia shows that everyday kindnesses like small talk and holding doors create healthier communities and boost personal wellbeing. Even tiny gestures with strangers matter more than we think.
What if we could finally measure hip-hop's real impact beyond the controversy? Economist Roland Fryer analyzed four decades of radio data and rap lyrics to answer one of culture's most heated debates with hard science.
A global research team has cracked the code on how hatred spreads through societies and identified exactly where we can intervene to stop it. Their roadmap offers real solutions for building more peaceful communities worldwide.
After disappointing matric results, Abdulahil Fall found a second chance through GADRA Education that transformed his entire outlook. Now he's pursuing a Bachelor of Social Sciences at Rhodes University with renewed purpose.
Researchers in Vienna created a breakthrough model showing social conflicts exist on a spectrum of overlapping opinions, not just opposing camps. The discovery could help us understand and reduce social friction in an increasingly divided world.
Scientists discovered we don't need everyone to agree to reduce social conflict. A new mathematical model reveals how changing social network structures, not forcing consensus, can help opposing views coexist peacefully.