Social Sciences

David Cameron launches the Commission State Fragility, Growth and Development.

New LSE-Oxford commission launched by David Cameron

Measures to restore natural floodplains include making room for the river.

Natural measures to prevent floods are not a 'silver bullet'

Warriors in the tribes of Papua New Guinea often went through extremely painful initiation rituals.

Researchers test what lies behind the extreme self-sacrifice of fighters

Study casts doubt on whether internet filters in the home protect teenagers online

Stone Age tools and animal bones in Tunisia are ‘clues to an early human corridor’

Teenagers can often get around the internet filters, suggests study.

Doubts about whether internet filters protect teenagers online

David Cameron.

David Cameron is chair of new LSE-Oxford commission

Smart handpumps predict depths of groundwater in Africa

Analysing handpump vibrations give clues to groundwater depths

'Smart handpumps' predict depths of groundwater in Africa

Bots have human-like qualities

'Computer bots are like humans, having fights lasting years'

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