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Social & Behavior

Updates every hour. Last Updated: 29-Apr-2026 23:17 ET (30-Apr-2026 03:17 GMT/UTC)

16-Mar-2026

Bull sharks have ‘friends’

University of Exeter
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Bull sharks form social relationships with specific “friends”, new research reveals.

Journal: Animal Behaviour
Funder: Fiji Shark Lab, Hai Stiftung Shark Foundation, Waitt Foundation

16-Mar-2026

Half of Native Hawaiian University of Hawaiʻi students experience period poverty, study reveals

George Mason University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In partnership with Maʻi Movement Hawaiʻi, Jhumka Gupta and PhD in public health candidate Samantha Kanselaar uncover the devastating burden of period poverty, mental health, and food and housing insecurity among college students in Hawai’i.

Journal: International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics

16-Mar-2026

Ticketmaster's Eras Tour chaos made worse by crisis communication failures

University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Dane Kiambi, an expert in crisis communications, published a new study demonstrating how the company’s own actions — and inaction — turned a digital service platform failure into a full-blown scandal with political implications.

16-Mar-2026

Live in the city or the country? How your location — and your thoughts on death — shape your travel choices

University of Florida
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A University of Florida study reveals that people living in tourism hotspots respond differently to thoughts of mortality compared to those in other communities

Journal: International Journal of Tourism Research

16-Mar-2026

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, with visionary support from WoodNext Foundation, awards $1 million for breakthrough mental health research

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
Grant and Award Announcement

The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) today announced it will award $1 million in Distinguished Investigator Grants to 10 senior scientists conducting innovative research in neurobiological and behavioral science. The $100,000, one-year grants will support studies focused on critical mental health challenges, including depression, autism spectrum disorder, PTSD, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, cocaine use disorder, and chronic cannabis use. The awards are funded by the WoodNext Foundation and mark the third year of a five-year, $5 million commitment to support BBRF’s Distinguished Investigator Grants program.

16-Mar-2026

How the 2008 recession shifted class identity

Association for Psychological Science
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study explores how the economic and social class of Americans changed after the Great Recession.

Journal: Psychological Science

16-Mar-2026

Why some people change only when enough others do

University of Zurich
Peer-Reviewed Publication

From climate action to public health, even widely supported solutions often fail to gain momentum. Researchers at the University of Zurich now show why: people differ in how much social support they need before changing their behavior. Measuring these individual “tipping points” could help make social change campaigns more effective.

Journal: Nature Human Behaviour