sociology
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A Wild Female And Male Orangutan Teamed Up To Murder Another Orangutan
Anthropologists in Borneo observed a rare instance of a female and a male orangutan teaming up — to kill another female orangutan. This is the first observed time a female-female conflict in orangutans has turned lethal, and the way the it went down changes what we thought we knew about orangutan behaviour.
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New Evidence That Sending People To Prison Makes Crime Worse
There’s a saying that there’s nothing like going to prison to turn you into a criminal. But now, a new study offers evidence that this homily is statistically sound. Every year a person is kept in prison increases their odds of committing another crime when they are released.
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How Facebook Uses You As Part Of A Giant Sociological Experiment
Facebook, with its 900 million users, is a social scientist’s wet dream: a huge number of participants, all offering up rich streams of personal information. Obviously that hasn’t escaped Facebook’s attention, which is why it has its own team of social scientists analysing all of our data — and, on occasion, experimenting with us too.
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Facebook Now Responsible For 25% Of Hooker Hookups
There was once a time when you actually had to leave your home to get a prostitute. And what a long, seedy walk to the docks or brothel or alley behind Denny’s it was. Now? Facebook does it for you!