Fewer people are affiliated with religion in the United States, but that hardly means that they’re all atheists. Anthony Bradshaw/Photographer's Choice RF via Getty Images May 6, 2024 The number of religious ‘nones’ has soared, but not the number of atheists – and as social scientists, we wanted to know why Christopher P. Scheitle, West Virginia University and Katie Corcoran, West Virginia University Social factors, from wealth to politics, may shape whether people who do not believe in God identify as an atheist.
Surveys suggest job satisfaction is still quite high. Maskot/Getty Images December 14, 2021 Vast majority of American workers like their jobs – even as a record number quit them Scott Schieman, University of Toronto The narrative of the Great Resignation is that workers hate their jobs and are desperate to quit. The data tells a somewhat different story.
Kindling interest might be better than filling people with facts. Chris Nguyen/Unsplash August 29, 2018 Teaching the public more science likely won’t boost support for funding, but sparking their curiosity might Matt Motta, University of Pennsylvania The scientific community always wants more cash to fund research. A new study examines whether more concrete knowledge of science or more general interest in it is likelier to loosen the pursestrings.