Three-in-ten U.S. adults say they at least sometimes get news from newsletters, but many don’t read most of the newsletters they get.

The problem isn’t only avoidance. Many conversations fail because participants focus on persuasion, treating arguments like battles to be won. Minson says that shifting the goal from winning to ...

The Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society has announced 10 new research collaborations for 2026–2027. The projects range broadly in scope and methodology, though all adopt a multi-disciplinary, ...

NPR's Michel Martin asks professor Dorothy Roberts about her new memoir, "The Mixed Marriage Project," about her father's quest to challenge white supremacy by studying interracial couples in Chicago.

Stanford researchers investigated which types of climate messaging are most effective in motivating people to take collective action.

Considering the ethical implications of scientific innovations at the outset of a project can benefit researchers, patients, ...

For more than a century, Mendelian genetics has shaped how we think about inheritance: one gene, one trait. It is a model that still echoes through textbooks—and one that is increasingly reaching its ...

A research paper by critics of the Trump administration questions a key rationale for expanding road access in national ...

President Trump’s top White House economic adviser suggested Thursday that a group of Federal Reserve researchers should be ...

Curiosity fuels learning, creativity, and connection. So why does it disappear when you need it most? These micro-moves offer a surprisingly practical way to bring it back.

Adults think we know what is best for children. We have responsibility for them—feeding them, clothing them, educating them, protecting them, loving them—but we also assume rights over them, and on ...

To encourage reuse of our data, Pew Research Center, with support from the John Templeton Foundation, invites researchers to submit proposals for new research publications that use one or more of the ...